sinisterbeauty

Haven’t blogged for a while but I am filled with annoyance at the usual office life. As a veal in the fattening pens of the corporate work place, I frequently see ridiculous things that do not cease to amaze me. This is just one of many …

I have a co-worker whom frankly, I’m not thrilled with but that’s life. I don’t go out of my way to be rude, I just choose not to associate with her because she is like the Tasmanian Devil and I prefer to be chill. A few weeks ago, I heard her rant (as she usually does) about how no one picks up their print jobs and going on at length about how bad that is. After this, she proceeds to leave her print jobs at the printer for days at a time without picking them up. Each time, keeping that her indignant rant in the back of my head, I have caved in, picked up her print jobs and politely/silently brought them to her or put them on her desk. And each time, I don’t get any acknowledgement, not a “thank you” or “I’m sorry, I keep forgetting”.

This week, she printed out a copy of a customers check, an electronic funds form and her own passwords which she left for days at the printer. I waited around and finally this morning, not sure if she would be in or not, picked them up and attached a yellow sticky note saying “Please remember to pick up your print jobs. Thanks! Kimberly”.

She came in this morning to find this polite and reasonable note. She stormed downstairs to the office I was setting up a new computer in, shaking and red. She holds it in front of her saying “what is the meaning of this!?!”. I was so shocked that I may have stammered, yes I may have. I told her calmly that she had left those items at the printer for several days and I put them on her desk for her. She asked if I had given a sticky to every person who’s items were left at the printer and I said no, I had not. She said if I have a problem with her, to take it to management. *chuckled* I said I would do so and she stormed out.

This is the abbreviated version because she did raise her voice at me which I don’t deal well with. The fact that I didn’t jump up and “get ghetto” on her that second is astonishing. I keep my temper very well in check but when someone comes at me shaking, red faced with voice raised, that gives me PSD like flashbacks to my childhood and it’s not cool at all.

I drafted the following note:

“Manager”:

- Kimberly

Is this too much? My manager doesn’t return til Monday so I may rethink. I’m going to cc “Co-Worker” so that she doesn’t feel I’m doing anything behind her back. There is a strange feeling through out the workplace that I “snitch” people out. If I were that sort, I wouldn’t have left a g*ddamned note would I have?

Well, my chicken nuggets are my solice. I should finish lunch.

bye bye - k

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