Does This Make Me a (Bigger) Bitch?
Yesterday, one of my coworkers was on vacation, and the other called in sick. On a Monday. That left me with the floater, and the two of us trying to cover three very busy desks. It was a bad, bad day. I feel comfortable saying it was the worst day I've had since I came to this unit. Bad, bad, bad.
Now, today, both my coworkers are back, and both complaining about the state of their desks. One complained because not enough of her work got done while she was gone, and the other because the floater moved things around at her desk.
To that, I want to say, "Shut the hell up, both of you! You don't know what we went through!" It's common knowledge that I fail at sympathy. Even though my coworker was sick, she KNEW that we were going to be short-handed, and I suspect that her being sick had a lot to do with over-indulging over the weekend.
Even though I didn't say anything aside from telling the first why more of her work didn't get done, we're all sitting here in tense silence. Things could turn ugly at any moment, or they could relax into our usual banter.
EDIT: The tense silence has passed. I told sick coworker that we shouldn't talk about yesterday, but not in an angry way. I just told her I wanted to forget the whole day. We'll see how that goes.
Now, today, both my coworkers are back, and both complaining about the state of their desks. One complained because not enough of her work got done while she was gone, and the other because the floater moved things around at her desk.
To that, I want to say, "Shut the hell up, both of you! You don't know what we went through!" It's common knowledge that I fail at sympathy. Even though my coworker was sick, she KNEW that we were going to be short-handed, and I suspect that her being sick had a lot to do with over-indulging over the weekend.
Even though I didn't say anything aside from telling the first why more of her work didn't get done, we're all sitting here in tense silence. Things could turn ugly at any moment, or they could relax into our usual banter.
EDIT: The tense silence has passed. I told sick coworker that we shouldn't talk about yesterday, but not in an angry way. I just told her I wanted to forget the whole day. We'll see how that goes.