Wednesday Whinge of the Week

I haven't been blogging much of late because not many people (apart from spammers) have been taking much notice.

Where are my real supporters when I need them?

But that's not the topic of the week though.

The topic is about entitled coworkers: This particular person has had a mention before...

I had a falling out with them last year after having put up with their bitching for years.

I thought it was going to start up again the yesterday morning, just before my meal break.  It happened when I was on the large letters and S'n'S came up, whining about not getting her work.  It was like, 'I didn't get my ___ yet!!!'  I had already two trays for her but she didn't bother to look.

I said to her, 'Well there they are'.  When I didn't get a please (when she asked for them) or a thank you (when she got them), I saw that as an affront.  I thought it was downright rude if you ask me.  So, when she walked away without so much as a thank you, I said, 'I'm not being paid to wait on you'.

Then she came back and said, 'What did you say?'  So I told her again, 'I said I'm not being paid to wait on you!!!'  She walked away after that, said nothing and probably sulked after that.

I don't know if she said anything to anyone else but someone else nearby could hear what I said and they congratulated me for standing up for myself.

I spent the rest of that night as far away from Sweet'n'Sour as I could.  Nuh, don't take too kindly to rudeness and ingratitude.  Especially when they have the gall to be outraged at what I tell them.

So yeah, that's Wednesday's Whinge no 1.

Wednesday's Whinge no 2: This is tied in with no 1 - I don't get therapist's wages, so why should I listen to that person's issues?  If you tell someone who's a work colleague, who is paid no more than you to listen to your problems, then sooner or later, they'll feel used up by you and will want something in return.

And yes, this person was like that to me for many years, and when she accused me of backstabbing her, I kind of had to come clean and tell her what I was thinking.  I felt she needed to know that your work colleagues are your colleagues first and foremost - they're not your servants, your employees, your parents, your therapist, or even your friends necessarily - nor do they have to be.  I felt she was getting a bit too 'comfortable' around me and I told her this.  I also told her she would be far better off to talk to her own therapist about her issues.

I felt that kind of enmeshment was very unhealthy for me and it couldn't have been to good for her.

So my ability to continue to listen to her issues resulted in a falling out with her.  Yes, she got the shits and it would be nice to be liked again, but sometimes it's better to be hated than to be taken advantage of only to be dumped like a hot potato when I cease to be of any use to them.

And yes, they're still continuing with their 💩 only this time they're doing it to their boyfriend by recording his voice during a lover's quarrel and then playing the recording to someone else.  How icky is that???? 🤢🤢🤢

Anyway, enough's enough.

Wait until next Wednesday to see what I have to whinge about then!!!  Until then, good night and don't let the bed bugs bite.

Colleen