In Which Dawn and Bobby Engage in Separate and Unrelated Snarks

[dawn_felagund]

I told off my coworker Diane today. Diane is a pain in my ass. She doesn't know her job; she doesn't do her job...and she has the nerve to harass me more about stupid stuff than anyone else in the unit. I asked Johnny's permission to tell her off. Johnny said, "Go ahead!" and came over to lean on my partition to listen.

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[digdigil]

I'm with Alina. Hey, Alina, how's it going with you? I miss you so much. I wanted to comment on your last post but couldn't get it done in time. And then you know how time passes and you think, oh feh, it's too late now. I'll comment on her next post. Etc., etc. And then you don't again and the whole time you're thinking, OMG I don't want to lose her! Anyway, I'm always thinking about you even if I'm not commenting.

And Dawn! Way to go on telling off Diane! I know it's really hard to dig down and ream someone out at work. Because you have to see and work with these people all the time you don't want the environment to be unpleasant. However, I believe if you are fair and true with your criticisms then the object of your anger should understand the reason for it. You have a very good boss who will back you up when you need him. The boss-employee relationship is one of the most important in your life.

Bummer about your classes getting fucked up. I hate when stuff like that happens. But it seems to be quite common in learning institutions--I don't know why that is.

[dawn_felagund]

Way to go on telling off Diane!

Thanks! :^D I know exactly what you mean about not wanting to rock the boat but needing to sometimes. I really make an effort to be nice to everyone at work and to make sure that they all have what they need to do their jobs, but she takes advantage of me and it's terribly obvious. And she's not even competent enough at her job to justify it with stats.

But it seems to be quite common in learning institutions--I don't know why that is.

Heh. I have my pet theory, namely that they forget that it's about education and not about getting all that they can shake from your pockets. Funny how nice everyone was before the application fees arrived! And at UMBC, where they gave not a bit of help in finding a job or graduate school--and this during the worst year of unemployment here in like 20 years--but they sure didn't have problems calling every week to ask me to make donations! Yeah, I work at a damned restaurant because that's the best job graduating with honors could get, and I really had money to send them.