I pride myself in being mature and professional at work while still having a good time with coworkers. Today I lost my composure. Most of the people I work with are fantastic, sadly not all of them are. I have been patient, civil, professional, and even kind to the one non-fantastic person. What she lacks in personality she makes up for in the volume of her voice. The loud words that constantly flow from her mouth add nothing to the world and make me wish it were okay to ducttape coworker's mouths shut. I usually try my best to smile kindly and nod while my insides boil. Today her nonsensical rambling made me steam her laziness pushed me over the edge.
At closing, the duties were left to her and I. She completed one task and many still needed to be done so I was shocked when she took a seat complaning she was tired. I asked her nicely if she'd come help with closing when she snapped. I mean snapped like a crazy person! She said "NO! I have to sit down, I haven't sat down all day. Just let me sit!" It is at this point I believe the steam screamed out of my ears. I angrily stormed off and finished the tasks myself. Then she came up and started yelling at me, again, like a crazy person. There were many lines I could have crossed, many words I could have said but I remained reserved, mostly. I told her if she was too tired to help me close then she should just go home, I think I was being reasonable-right? This clearly was the wrong thing to say to the crazy person in front of me. She flipped out more, if that was even possible. Screamed louder, called me a child, told me to grow up, threw a trashcan. And then I lost it I just started laughing. The whole scene was obsurd. I wouldnt have anymore to do with this so I just turned around and ignored her. She left without completing anymore tasks as she was exhausted from screaming at me.
Posted by nicole at December 8, 2005 09:08 PM