No, I am not planning on getting it on with my co-workers. In fact, quite the opposite.
So, I work with a guy (well not with him, just in the same room using the same supplies, etc) who is my superior, but not directly in charge of everything I do.
So…he blockades me from getting my work done. Implies that I’m not getting it done right. That if it wasn’t for him, I’d have been some failure or something ( 
), although I don’t think asking him where things have been moved really qualifies him as my savior…
Basically, he loves to argue. And he loves to accuse me of things. This should be really easy, because our boss doesn’t like him much either. And I’ve already complained about him various times. But now, that people have come and gone at the work place - its basically him bossing everyone else around (given that our Boss is in another country…its REALLY complicated).
You know, typically I’m pretty BS-proof, as most things go in one ear and out the other. But, he’s actually trying to STOP me from doing my work. I need to use a particular tool, and he wont let me. Like, he wont give me “permission”, when its not even his place…and when I’ve been cleared long ago by my mentor who left and left this arsehole…or as I like to call it “void”…in his place.
Basically, I just wasted half my day with the *%#%%, and when I threatened to take it to the superiors, he backed down.
Gosh, is this quite different from college life I tell you. Here, your book learnin’ only gets you so far - but when it comes to dealing with co-workers…what textbook do you use for that?
I have a splitting headache. I’m behind in the other work I planned to do for today that is way more important than this BS of a human. And all that is realing in my head is - how do I manuevre myself tomorrow at work such that we can resolve this matter so that I can use the tools I need to use and that I have been allowed to use and should be allowed to use. And I ought not to waste mental energy thinking of these things.
- How the hell do I get this arsehole off my mind?
- Mind you, I’m not afriad of him. He can’t do anything really to hurt me. He has no sway over my future. He’s just not letting me do my work, and then harassing me on top of it.
- How do I turn this negative into a positive? I suppose this draws me closer to my boss since she hates him as well?
- Normally I have this problem of coming off too “strong” when I talk to people, but I like to put my foot down when I know I’m being pushed around. How do I go about being “diplomatic”?
Comon, you guys can be my social-textbook. Lets hear all the suggestions. Empathy with similar stories are also welcome.
