As you know, I'm pissed off at what passes for management at the company that provides me with most of my work.
I am happy to say that I've made contact with another company that is willing to pay me almost twice as much as Loser Company (as I will call it from now on), but the agreement hasn't been finalized; it should happen this week.
Okay, so I've had problems with Dumb and Dumber, not to mention Mr. Testicles. I also have had problems with one of the office workers, a high-stress individual who loves to interrupt me when we're talking on the phone. I also lost it with another office worker about a month ago or more; said office worker probably hates me now. (I lost it because this person hadn't understood something I said, and scheduled me for an appointment at a time when I shouldn't have been scheduled for it.)
Okay. So, I'm thinking, that's a lot. I mean, I am the common denominator here. I can bitch all I want about the management - and by the way, I'm not the only one; not by a long shot - but I'm still the link. I don't like having work problems; I'd much rather get along with everyone. Furthermore, I don't want to gain a reputation as a troublemaker.
Things were going fairly well until today, when High-stress flipped out over an oversight of mine (and one that shouldn't have happened), and rather than dealing with it herself, she involved Dumb in it. Dumb then asked me for an explanation. I am still mightily tempted to tell Dumb that it's none of her fucking business, that the situation has ended, and no, I don't owe her an explanation, as well as pointing out that Dumb IS NOT MY BOSS BECAUSE I'M AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
I haven't done it. Yet.
I'm pissed off at High-stress for involved Dumb in it; High-stress is, evidently, one of those people who runs whining off to anyone she can. As a child, she probably went crying to mommy whenever someone was "mean" to her. (If anyone was "mean" to her as a child, I'm sure she deserved it, though.)
So, as I said, I want to get along with the others. If we can't get along, we should be able to ignore each other, or to speak only when strictly necessary. I'm tired of friction and sniping and the intense, overwhelming anger that I feel, towards Dumb in particular.
What are your suggestions?
I am happy to say that I've made contact with another company that is willing to pay me almost twice as much as Loser Company (as I will call it from now on), but the agreement hasn't been finalized; it should happen this week.
Okay, so I've had problems with Dumb and Dumber, not to mention Mr. Testicles. I also have had problems with one of the office workers, a high-stress individual who loves to interrupt me when we're talking on the phone. I also lost it with another office worker about a month ago or more; said office worker probably hates me now. (I lost it because this person hadn't understood something I said, and scheduled me for an appointment at a time when I shouldn't have been scheduled for it.)
Okay. So, I'm thinking, that's a lot. I mean, I am the common denominator here. I can bitch all I want about the management - and by the way, I'm not the only one; not by a long shot - but I'm still the link. I don't like having work problems; I'd much rather get along with everyone. Furthermore, I don't want to gain a reputation as a troublemaker.
Things were going fairly well until today, when High-stress flipped out over an oversight of mine (and one that shouldn't have happened), and rather than dealing with it herself, she involved Dumb in it. Dumb then asked me for an explanation. I am still mightily tempted to tell Dumb that it's none of her fucking business, that the situation has ended, and no, I don't owe her an explanation, as well as pointing out that Dumb IS NOT MY BOSS BECAUSE I'M AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
I haven't done it. Yet.
I'm pissed off at High-stress for involved Dumb in it; High-stress is, evidently, one of those people who runs whining off to anyone she can. As a child, she probably went crying to mommy whenever someone was "mean" to her. (If anyone was "mean" to her as a child, I'm sure she deserved it, though.)
So, as I said, I want to get along with the others. If we can't get along, we should be able to ignore each other, or to speak only when strictly necessary. I'm tired of friction and sniping and the intense, overwhelming anger that I feel, towards Dumb in particular.
What are your suggestions?
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