Gripe*Warning!*...
I was thinking on one of the points that came up on my appraisal, and in hindsight, though at the time i was happy with the explanation given for it, having had time to think on it, i'm not actually all that satisfied.
I made the point that i felt that a certain member of our team ignores me, and makes no attempt to be civil to me, especially in the morning. The boss and i discussed why i felt this and she mentioned that this person had said that in the mornings she has her own job to get done by a certain time, and had become frustrated by the amount of interruptions that she gets by the junior members of staff asking what they should be doing. I thought about this and at the time figured that this was quite reasonable, and asked the boss that to get around this it would be helpful for her at the end of each day to give me an idea of what to get on with at the start of my next shift (i come in half an hour before my boss).
Now having thought about it some more, and having had a look at how things ran this morning, i am less satisfied with this person's explanation of her rudeness to me. Two other people who allegedly annoy her more than i do (according to the version she told our boss) are still spoken to and joked with. Plus the person concerned was stood about eating toast and drinking tea and gossiping with another member of our team this morning, which doesn't imply a person so rushed off their feet with work that they haven't got time to talk politely to other members of staff. Its like this more mornings than most as well, so this is why i am not content with the given reasons for her manner.
I mean, fine, i know i can't get on with everybody, and i do make an effort to just keep out of her way, but on the occasions where i have to go to her as the person senior to me, you would think it would be possible for her to be civil. Hopefully though, my new arrangements with my boss over my morning work will mean that i will hardly ever have to consult her in the future, which will make the both of us happier.
I made the point that i felt that a certain member of our team ignores me, and makes no attempt to be civil to me, especially in the morning. The boss and i discussed why i felt this and she mentioned that this person had said that in the mornings she has her own job to get done by a certain time, and had become frustrated by the amount of interruptions that she gets by the junior members of staff asking what they should be doing. I thought about this and at the time figured that this was quite reasonable, and asked the boss that to get around this it would be helpful for her at the end of each day to give me an idea of what to get on with at the start of my next shift (i come in half an hour before my boss).
Now having thought about it some more, and having had a look at how things ran this morning, i am less satisfied with this person's explanation of her rudeness to me. Two other people who allegedly annoy her more than i do (according to the version she told our boss) are still spoken to and joked with. Plus the person concerned was stood about eating toast and drinking tea and gossiping with another member of our team this morning, which doesn't imply a person so rushed off their feet with work that they haven't got time to talk politely to other members of staff. Its like this more mornings than most as well, so this is why i am not content with the given reasons for her manner.
I mean, fine, i know i can't get on with everybody, and i do make an effort to just keep out of her way, but on the occasions where i have to go to her as the person senior to me, you would think it would be possible for her to be civil. Hopefully though, my new arrangements with my boss over my morning work will mean that i will hardly ever have to consult her in the future, which will make the both of us happier.