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*pulls out hair* Is it time to go home yet? This has been quite the day. My period started early, and I wasn't prepared, so now I have blood on my brand new pants. The entire situation here at work blew up, and I spent some time trying to mediate things. Talked to the OA after she blew up at me, saying she was going to do things her way from now on. I let her walk away, and later stood in her doorway, waiting for her to stop what she was doing and look at me. She was doing her best to ignore me, so I left. But then called her on the intercom and told her I wanted to talk to her about the situation when she had a moment. She came right away. I started to talk, and she interrupted me, saying the same things she's been saying over and over. I let her finish, and started to try to talk again. And she interrupted again. I let her finish, and then said, "Can I talk now?" And I started again, and she did it again. And I told her I didn't appreciate how she was talking to me. That I let her have her say, and I would appreciate it she would listen to me. She then said that she had listened to me, and I told her she hadn't because she interrupted and I didn't have a chance to finish. We finally talked it out, and I think she is going to give the NR another chance...and will tell her when she's doing things wrong. But we'll see. Lunch was soon after, and she didn't come back to eat until about 25 min into our lunch time. Her reason: she'd had a crumb bun earlier and wasn't hungry. But I think she was too upset and was hoping she could eat when I wasn't there. Cause I was in my office for awhile talking NR for a bit in the middle of my lunch, and she probably figured I was done. But my half eaten sandwhich was in the kitchen. I was just in her office to get the key for the ink cabinet, and she was saying that she had given the NR something to do and I was glad to hear that. I have a feeling this isn't over. But maybe it's a step in the right direction. I just talked to my boss about it, and he thanked me for the good work, and i chuckled and said, "We'll see," and he said he appreciated me dealing with it and that he knew it wasn't easy. And I said that it wasn't easy--especially with the OA because she's so abbrasive. He laughed and said that his wife had said the same thing and said that sometimes you've just had enough and can't take it anymore! I laughed and agreed. Now that it's over, I jsut want to go and cry. I've decided that I don't deal with anger very well and it comes out in tears. I'm trying to deal with it better--which is why I talked to the OA, but I guess it will take some time. In better news, I called my mom last night after Everwood was over, and she told me that she'd gone to her work awards banquet after all. She didn't really want to go, and was scheduled to work, but felt like she should go, so she asked for the time off. It wasn't granted; she wasn't broken up about it, and all was fine. She was at work last night and her manager came up to her and asked her why she wasn't at the banquet. Mom told her that she hadn't been approved, and the manager was like, "Why didn't you tell me??!?!" and made a phone call, and made her go. By this point, I'm thinkin she must have won something pretty big for them to make such a big fuss over it. She said the dinner was nice--it was BBQ ribs and chicken with a baked potatoe and corn on the cob. And then she said they were handing out the awards, and she received one for VIP of the Year. They call their Employee of the month, VIP of the month, and she's won that several times over the last year...and has now won for the entire year! I'm so proud of her..and so happy for her. The company she works for is quite large, so it's quite an honor to be chosen out of so many others. And to think that when she started, she wasn't sure she was going to last. |