Why
Why do I let annoying people bother me?
There is one person in the lab who is a bit of a pain. We all find her difficult to work with, but I guess it bugs me more than anyone else.
Or at least I was the one who snarked at her during a meeting today and she was so upset she left the room.
I sent an apologetic email, but why did I let her bug me in the first place? I mean, granted she is an entitlement princess who was sneering at my lab and how grubby it was and how unexceptable it was as a work environment for her royal self and basically expecting us to clean it for her.
But I think I used a snarky tone when I told her "That's a great idea! You should do that (clean the shelves)"
OK, I know I used a snarky tone. Because then she ran out of the room.
It doesn't matter that she's kinda evil. I HAVE to learn to work with her.
Tips?
posted by Aislinn Sirk @ 4:15 PM
13 Comments:
You should have waited until she cleaned before you told her you didn't mean it.
She never planned to clean. She planned to make us clean.
And, we will because it's easier than being right.
FWIW, tissue culture labs = clean. Chemistry labs = dirty. At least that's the way I always saw it. I like clean labs. But the princess should help clean.
I once hated a guy in my lab so intensely that I started coming to work at 4 a.m just so I could leave in the early afternoon. (He used to stroll in around noon.) Avoidance goes a long way in my book.
It's actually more of an engineering lab. It's very dusty, so I keep all my stuff in plastic drawers and put down clean paper over the lab bench I work on.
I will freely admit it is a grungy, grungy lab. When I arrived I spent 3 days doing nothing but cleaning and threw out a literal tonne of stuff and then continued part time for a few months.
When she was about to move into my lab, I took a half day and arranged to move all the furniture to accomadate her new equipment. It wasn't grudging on my part. I recruited all my labmates and consulted her (she didn't show up to help move).
I only see her about twice a week. She refuses to acknowledge my existence (even when I say Hi) except when she wants something.
She does this to everyone (which is kinda a relief) but I think it bothers me more than it bugs other people.
Tips? OK, here's a dollar.
Don't ask me. I am the queen of snark at work and I very rarely hold back. Will she fit in a beaker?
Oh Carey, so tempting.
She just sent out an email to the entire lab group, telling them they have to spend the next three days cleaning her lab.
Now there are three seperate labs for our group. She has told everyone to come clean the lab she will be working in.
I think I will just sit back and watch.
(Everyone else has moved in and arranged the area to their liking with maybe a little help from the people in the same area)
The way I see it, you have two choices:
1. Continue to snark at her and have fun being evil and stuff.
or
2. Blow her up!
WhoTF does she think she is? Tell her to get bent! She should clean her own damned space.
update: one of the other lab peeps just sent me a draft of an email he wants to send everyone, telling her the 3 days of forced labour is a no go.
Someone needs to go back to school to learn some "people skills."
Boy, can I relate. I have the world's worst co-worker sitting next to me. She is loud, annoying, spoiled (only child syndrome), has terrible work ethics, and just plain sucks. I really despise her, but I can't move my cubicle and am stuck with her being in my space all day long.
Truthfully, I think her work ethics annoy me more than her loudness, her bitchyness, her constant sniffling, etc. She is the typical "goverment worker" personified to the 100th degree.
*sigh* Thanks for letting me get that off my chest, Bob. You wanna come down here and blow up my annoying co-worker? Please?
I'm kind of surprised that a snarky "That's a great idea! You should do that!" would get such a dramatic response.
Geez.
As a minor update, I listened to ten minutes of her telling me how awful I was for my "That's a great idea! You should do that!" and how "she didn't need to put up with being treated like that" and then 15 minutes of demanding to know why I cleaned the lab (to give her empty shelves) without telling her.
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