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  • #84854
    Sann
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    Hi, thanks for your replies and empathy.

    Jack, it is not my boss, but my colleague actually. I don’t want to quit my job because of it (although i’ve thought and wished quite a few times), because i think that would be running away from difficulties, which i will encounter elsewhere. But also not because i find the place where i work so lovely, all the coworkers and the bosses, they are really nice and i’ve never worked for such laid-back and easy-going bosses. I am so grateful for it. The woman is actually my colleague, and she started to work there later then me, so it would be wise of her to be a bit nicer than me, because i know more things than her and she needs me to organise certain things for her. (but then i am so stupid to help her anyway, regardless of how she treats me) But yes, indeed, these unskilled jobs often get people who are not very intelligent or haven’t studied much, so are much more prone to rude and unco-operative behavior.

    Thank you Anita, you are so kind! I’m not going to do this exercise right now, because i’m extremely tired (so many sleepless nights and stress due to this situation) – i’m just trying to get some rest and get my mind off the whole situation. But i’ll remember it for the next time i need something to try to get my mind clearer.

    Hi Mike, thank you as well for your kind and understanding words. You say a lot of things in these few sentences 🙂
    I am now trying to be “nice” to her – better said: correct. I’m not talking to her except for the necessary things about work. I always say thank you if she does something. I never comment if she doesn’t do things but i just do them myself. And if she is bossing me around, or unkind to her, i don’t say anything, i let her do it and am obedient. That is definately not the right way but i do it out of my fear, and in order to have the least chance to have her shouting at me. Stupid of me, but it seems my fears have the power.

    Thank you for sharing story about the snake. The thing is, i dont see myself like a snake. I don’t bite nor hiss. I am more like a frightened little mouse that hides in the corner and barely dares to come out. Or a dog that you can snap at a few times, and can treat badly if you want, and will keep coming to you and trying to please you. If i’d start to hiss, it goes so much against my nature that it would exhaust me. I don’t know if that works for me, to be honest.

    I do remember an episode of, i think it was Kung Fu, where someone said that if there is fear in you, they will be able to put their dagger in you. If their is no fear, they will not find a place in you to put their dagger. Perhaps i should focus more on being happy and confident in myself, so that in future times, i will be above this, and people will not feel that it is a fight, or that there is space to treat me like that.

    #85088
    Anonymous
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    Dear Sann:

    You are welcome and thank you for your comment to me. Fear is the most powerful emotion. I was overcome by it this very morning, so its power is fresh in my experience. All I will say right now is I do not underestimate the power of fear. Sometimes I forget when I read someone ELSE’S post how scary it is. Then this morning, and even right now, it is fresh with me. So, yes, it is real. And yes, some people once they sense it, will use your fear so to control you, to use you. Maybe you can change just one thing about interactions with a person like that, not the whole thing, only part of it, just a little. Change only what you can handle emotionally.

    anita

    #85119
    Beah
    Participant

    Sann – could you try injecting a bit of humour into the situation? This person leaves mess for you to complete- maybe turn it around and thank her saying something like “its great that you don’t do (this and that- insert the unfinished task) cos I get to stay back and earn more. Its so cool cos now Im going partying tonight with all that extra pay” Kind of turn it around ?????

    #85120
    Beah
    Participant

    The other thing I’ve found is that sometimes things have to fail before people will make a change – e.g in you situation don’t pick up after this co-worker. Let the bosses see what she doesn’t do and let it all “”fail”. You are not paid double to do your work and hers. Do your part meticulously and let her part fall the pieces and just keep working.
    Its doesn’t feel good doing it but maybe the bosses cant see how you are holding it all together and the toll it is taking. If they don’t see the problem or experience it then they wont do anything to change it.

    #85121
    Beah
    Participant

    Mike I loved your story about the snake. I want to think about it a bit before responding more about it though

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