Have you ever....

P

pinkster

Guest
felt like disappearing? Consider this a vent.

I've been having problems at work for the last 6 months, and now it's really starting to bother me. I suppose I let it spiral out of control, but I really did search for a way to solve things. I started feeling like no one was talking to me or starting convo's with me, so I stopped starting them. I found out quickly that, really, no one did start convo's with me. I also found out that people tune me out pretty quickly, cause I'd ask a q and they'd still nod their head as if they were listening. So I gave up on making sure I had good relationships with my co-workers. I felt violated, I guess. I try really hard not to feel like every hearing person is against me, I can now see why its so easy to think that.

So Im being the nosey me, and I decide to go through the "sent" box at work. (Hey its available to anyone.) And I found an email my co-worker sent to the owner, and part of it talked of me...

"We're having problems again w/Jamie. She does a lot of wandering around not working. Both Shayna and Shannon have talked to her about it. She continues. It's pissing basement staff off pretty bad. The last episode was that shes bitching about nobody tubing. So I went against my Doctor's orders and packed 12 bags in one day. We were getting ready for the sale. Jamie had a tiny cut on her thumb and complained that she couldnt tube. So she didnt. I consequently blew out my shoulder so the sale was excruciatingly painful trying to lug hooks and product around. (This is the only time i've complained.) Im about ready to say something to her but its not my place. Please advise."

First off, Im highly offended but ya'll know I wont say anything to them cause I shouldnt have snooped. :) But For the record, Shayna is the payroll/human resource lady and Shannon is a manager i used to work for but then i took over half of her job and became assistant manager.

So I do not 'wander.' I drift from one job to another, I do many things at once. Sometimes I look confused cause I cant remember what I was doing. Shayna nor Shannon have spoke to me about this, so shes lying. This "last episode" was when I commented on how shannon wanted something process before the sale with "NO EXCUSES" and everyone had to do it, I simply mentioned it to another manager cause people werent seeing the note. And this "tiny cut" she claims I had, was actually on my hand, at the base of my thumb where it creases, and i nicked it on the wooden banister coming downstairs from Megladon's room. It hurt like fucking hell cause the pole was split open and I ran my hand into it full speed, when I showed it to this person writing the email, she said ow that must have really hurt. And i was telling her how it burned, especially when I biked, and i HAD to bike, I didnt wanna miss school. When I asked Shayna if I could be excused from tubing because of it, she gave me this look like "are you kidding me?" We talked for like 2 mins and i said fuck it i'll just do it. I did 4 bags worth then called it quits (another lie of hers, she said i didnt do it at all.)

So, Im mad about that, im so mad I cant write my paper for school on gender roles, cause all I want to do is write about how shitty my job is. On top of all that, Shannon treats me like dirt and everyone knows it. I ask a simple question, and its not so much her answer in words, but her attitude to me that really bugs me. Its like, I shouldnt have bothered to ask, even if it was a legitimate question. The list goes on, with several of my co-workers. Either i'll get written up or fired..

In conclusion of my complanative post, I just want to disappear. You know how we're moving? Well I thought of moving away and just quitting my job, finding a new one and disappearing. But I know what will happen is I'll move, then i'll find another job. I hate being angry, it puts a strain on all aspects of my life.

Thanks for reading my vent, but :gives: i guess. =/
 
i am honest with u here... if i were in ur shoes, i will move to other place and look for new job cuz of it not WORTH angry urself more more more like that.. and it will not good for ur health.. if ur decide comfortable wanna new job and new place for u and it will better for u and ur own health too..

i dont blame for u like that cuz of i had it before.. oh man i been thru bad things.. i really do uddy how ur feeling abt that.. :)
 
I understand your situation pinkster...
Sounded like your co-worker treated you hell and turned into sour.. making you looks lousy repluation.. If I was like your shoes.. I would not pleasant looking at them what have to me.. I'll be in few days.. then buh bye.. hopefully new job will be ready "in".

Follow your insicts and heart... what the best interst for you leaving your job and to find another job..

If you want to take my word or not.. up to your choice...
Have to stay your job little bit for time until you searching another a job.. when another job hires you 100% whatever you like to leaving your old job.. bye then moved another job.. save your bell!

Up to you... Wishes you have great luck..
 
Bullym0m said:
I understand your situation pinkster...
Sounded like your co-worker treated you hell and turned into sour.. making you looks lousy repluation.. If I was like your shoes.. I would not pleasant looking at them what have to me.. I'll be in few days.. then buh bye.. hopefully new job will be ready "in".

Follow your insicts and heart... what the best interst for you leaving your job and to find another job..

If you want to take my word or not.. up to your choice...
Have to stay your job little bit for time until you searching another a job.. when another job hires you 100% whatever you like to leaving your old job.. bye then moved another job.. save your bell!

Up to you... Wishes you have great luck..
yea i agree with u.. that what i told her that her decide and feel comfortable too..
 
alot of people at work can be an lazy arse and just try to get people into trouble for no reason because they are so pathetic they have nothing better to do...or so it seems. Maybe you should write something that's much worse than what she said to you and perhas you should write an e-mail to the owner how she always come to work late and takes lunch breaks longer than anyone else or try to steal afew things at work...like a pen or paper or even a shoe! lol anything like that...so you know, like, "Pinkster strikes back!" that kind of thingy...you see, when someone insults me about something, i insult them with an even worse insult than they would ever imagine and then they stopped...you know, it's like I've really kicked their ass for coming up with a better insult. lol but of course, there are other ways that you could "win back"...if you know any secrets from your co-workers...like one of them had a "bear-like birth mark" on their ass or something and she dont want anyone to know but you could blackmail her, as she has tried to get you in trouble so if you blackmail her into something, she might learn a lesson and never get you in trouble again :D cool, eh?
sure, pay back can be such a pain, but not very much pain when you really kick ass. ;)

Still, if those plans dont' really work well then the most mature thing could be that you just have to ignore 'em and move on and continue to find a better and well paid job where others would pay you the respect that you deserve, no matter what you can do and what you can't do they should just respect you for working there. :)

Good luck in the future, dear.
 
You may have already told us once, Jamie, but what exactly do you do?
 
Pinkster, it's not worth to get angry over lazy co-workers. Just do your own stuff and mind your own business. If things continue to esclate, just have a private one-to-one session with the boss and get your feelings out on the table in a ration, calm manner. Hope it works out for you. :)
 
hi jamie,

mind you if i can vent some in here, too. i've been through similar problem as you have right now. i think you need to speak up for yourself before they read this 'false' or 'extaggerating' email about you. to avoid from losing your job over this stupid complaints who made big deal pointing out your deafness, your bosses will need to listen from you who can do things like being an asst. manager. explain to them about your disability that some people could use to make up excuses to complain about you "just because can't hear". prove them you are smart, you can do things, you can help, everything else except answering phone calls or something like that.

i need to do that badly. thats one my problem is im afraid of speaking up for myself. i admit ive depended too much on one of my supervisors who really understood me well (who could see my ability and my deafness), has spoke and fought for me to put me in new position for a while. i still haven't got that fully, yet. i was always thinking of good ways to talk with my boss about fix the problem but whenever i saw him, my mind was blank- i would lose my mind. i guess its because i almost never ever made a conversation with him in a year and this time i need to start one, that way i might get comfortable to speak up, not losing my mind anymore. okay, thats no excuse. i should be strong enough and go ahead to do that lol.

little off-point about what happened if you want to know (i need to vent this time!):
i made friends with new co-worker who started off in my first position, now is doing what im suppose to do (for part time- this time, i think). everyday since winter, it has been difficult for me to see her doing things ive always looked forward to do that. i got mixed feelings like i dont want to be friendly but i always like her, i have no reason to do that. :-/

my another supervisor who seemed like an alright guy. i think he was most busy person in the office who doesnt have spare time to listen to me (nodded at me) nor speak with me, i dont think he ever bothered to see me doing things like training on something else related to next position. i was told i did really quick and good job. in the end of fall, i was told i'm promoted and will be train for that position anytime soon. it never happened. i think that hes probably the one who made decision alone without my another supervisor/boss, to put this new girl in my supposedly next job position. to use that excuse- she could answer the phone calls. that position doesnt always require using phone calls-could be from fax/email/aim. on other hand, when i noticed/sensed how he acted around me that he has never been around with a deaf/disability person before. hes not a mean guy but i think he has a lot of things to learn. i think im the one who needs to break the ice and grab him to talk and straighten things out, tell him about myself, not gonna bite his head off or something.

ive been fighting over my bad feelings about wanting to leave/disappear/quit and blah blah. i dont think i need to quit my job over this. its probably will turn out small issue if this person willing listen to you and understands you better, willing to change/adapt working with you. i will feel more confidence one day when i try to speak up. my job pay was satisfy. i have good co workers to work with. i didnt realize how much to expect difficult times at work, being around with people who has never experience with person like myself. office job is a lot different than my first job back in high school at a supermarket where i got to work with high school kids and had alot of funs.
well, thanks for listening! lol
 
Last edited:
I know how you feeling.. It was happened the same with me before...
I do is went to Work council. They give me the right to solve with co-workers...
I have bad time with them so work council moved me to other Division.
It´s much better now. I have only 2 of 20 co-workers, I´m closed to. I´m happy & safisted that I only have 2 people who care about me... I don´t care about all of them...
I did same thing as what you said but I do is leave them alone & ignore their remark...
They will leave you alone if you ignore their nasty remark etc. I know it´s very hard but have to accept what they are... or move to other job...
You need is go to Work Council for the advise... I hope you have Work council in your workplace.
 
Last edited:
i only have 3 people i'm close to at work.. all other people are just snobs, immature, idiots, jerks, dorks, and u name it.. but only 3 i'm close friends with. i hang out with them after work, or our day off to casino, bars, bowling, out to eat. so on..

i just ingore other dweebs.
 
Malfoyish said:
You may have already told us once, Jamie, but what exactly do you do?


I work for a bead store, I am (as I think i said) an assistant manager. I process items for the sales floor, I do inventory for 2 large quantity items, i restock a department weekly, and etc.. :) This June will be 2 years that I've been there, I was hired like 2 or 3 weeks after i moved back after graduating from high school. It is also my first real job :(
 
jamie-

I totally understood how u feel I felt same way with some co-workers but I just avoid them which works for the best but I am comfortable around few co-workers and believe it or not drugstore is my first real job after h.s but even tho it's part-time job but it's good experience tho.. but don't let them get to u if that does it can get things worse for u and urself but really just take it easy and do ur job they are just want to pull u down but really.. u are doin wonderful job at ur job :) but sometimes in a while I HATE some managers cuz really they don't stay long with drugstore cuz they kept transferring ah I missed one manager I think he's cool but too bad he left.. :roll:
 
pinkster said:
I work for a bead store, I am (as I think i said) an assistant manager. I process items for the sales floor, I do inventory for 2 large quantity items, i restock a department weekly, and etc.. :) This June will be 2 years that I've been there, I was hired like 2 or 3 weeks after i moved back after graduating from high school. It is also my first real job :(

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for lettin' me know. :) It sounds like a good job, and hey, you seem to be doing well. Think jealousy might have a little to do with the attitudes of your co-workers? Assistant manager. How impressive. WTG, girly!

You could also...let them know somehow, somewhere (timing is everything, is it not?) that you have seen the e-mail. Leave them with their mouths hanging...let 'em know that if they have a problem with you or the way you perform at work, then they CAN verbalize them to your face rather than go behind your back. If it were me, I'd approach them and say, "Look, I think you could do a better job with (insert task here), however, if you're not satisfied with the way I do my job, then you certainly should talk to me before you send out e-mail." As for the cut on your thumb, hey, set the record straight with 'em...it's all you can do...if they want to twist things around, then that only shows that their maturity or ability to handle things are on a lower level than your own.

Good luck, and eh, shake it off, hon. :) Not worth getting worked up over. I have a boss from hell, too...man, oh, man. She is miserable... LOL.
 
Why not wait 5 more years and then you might be promoted again. Being a manager or co-manager at 25 years old is not bad. I started working as Wal-Mart accounting office associate when I was 25 years old. :thumb:
 
Boy, pinkster and E - hope things get better for you! Glad y'all got it out of your system in here, at least. :thumb:

You can tell your boss that you're simply not thriving in a hostile environment (everyone knows Sharon treats you like dirt, you said - use 'em as your witnesses and they may not like working in a hostile environment either) and you are willing to straighten any misunderstanding with Sharon and other co workers if he supervised a meeting. You don't have to bring up the snooping thing. Your boss knows what Sharon is telling him about you already, now he has to know how you feel about being in such a hostile environment if s/he doesnt know already. :) I would not talk with Sharon directly because you know she'd twist things around and give you more pain. She is not worth your breath at all. She is for your boss to deal with now. IMO! Like Kootchie said - do this in a calm manner, because I feel it will get your point across very efficiently. Better to cry about this now than later! You're too young for an early heart attack or ulcers and I think you have plenty of opportunities to get a better job if this doesn't fall through. All opinion here, feel free to do what you feel to be right for you though.

E, you know what to do. I do understand how you feel in these situations - it really sucks being "alone" and having to educate 'em... at the risk of being mocked or something worse. You go girl!
 
tekkmortal said:
Why not wait 5 more years and then you might be promoted again. Being a manager or co-manager at 25 years old is not bad. I started working as Wal-Mart accounting office associate when I was 25 years old. :thumb:
become a store manager at wal-mart requires a BA or BS degree in business.

but assistant manager just need to take 6 week class. not big deal.. jams can do that since she have experience :D
 
DeafSCUBA98 said:
become a store manager at wal-mart requires a BA or BS degree in business.

but assistant manager just need to take 6 week class. not big deal.. jams can do that since she have experience :D

:) But what wal-marts are around here? The closest one is on 494 and Portland, and fuck if i'd work there. To gross for me. :) but yeah..


Im still quitting, the boss knows I plan to. He said when he gets back from Bali (Indonesia) we'll sit and have a chat about my future plans. Sometimes he has been the only one advocating me, and I think people around here resent that. Most people do not like him, he is often times irrational and pointless. But he gives us our paychecks, you know? (Well Shayna prints and signs them... but ya kno!!) Anyways. The search begins, I just need ONE ONE ONE ONE day off to go look and apply. I work 6 days a week in addtion to school 4 days a week. So there's not much time. Sundays, we try to go apartment searching.. bleh..

We got a shipment yesterday, so that has kept me busy, and I realize that I'm going to miss my job a whole lot. I honestly love the things I do and how I get to do them. I told that to the owner in my email to him, and that it was just time for me to start moving on. *sighs* People are stupid, they're the whole reason I'm leaving.

And I tried the calm approach, I talked to Shayna many times, and I talked to Laura (another human resource manager) but nothing seemed to work. They said I could file a report or make a list of dates where Shannon treated me badly. But I dont want to ruffle any feathers, I tried once and it just made things worse. So the easiest (also the hardest) solution is to just leave. I did my time, and now it's up. (The only stupid thing is, it doesnt seem like I can stay in one place for long, not because i get kicked out, but because im always restless. Wonder if it's my age or my mentality.)
 
pinkster said:
:) But what wal-marts are around here? The closest one is on 494 and Portland, and fuck if i'd work there. To gross for me. :) but yeah..


Im still quitting, the boss knows I plan to. He said when he gets back from Bali (Indonesia) we'll sit and have a chat about my future plans. Sometimes he has been the only one advocating me, and I think people around here resent that. Most people do not like him, he is often times irrational and pointless. But he gives us our paychecks, you know? (Well Shayna prints and signs them... but ya kno!!) Anyways. The search begins, I just need ONE ONE ONE ONE day off to go look and apply. I work 6 days a week in addtion to school 4 days a week. So there's not much time. Sundays, we try to go apartment searching.. bleh..

We got a shipment yesterday, so that has kept me busy, and I realize that I'm going to miss my job a whole lot. I honestly love the things I do and how I get to do them. I told that to the owner in my email to him, and that it was just time for me to start moving on. *sighs* People are stupid, they're the whole reason I'm leaving.

And I tried the calm approach, I talked to Shayna many times, and I talked to Laura (another human resource manager) but nothing seemed to work. They said I could file a report or make a list of dates where Shannon treated me badly. But I dont want to ruffle any feathers, I tried once and it just made things worse. So the easiest (also the hardest) solution is to just leave. I did my time, and now it's up. (The only stupid thing is, it doesnt seem like I can stay in one place for long, not because i get kicked out, but because im always restless. Wonder if it's my age or my mentality.)

What's wrong with ruffling a few feathers? :thumb: Only way they gotta learn!
Otherwise they are going to treat others like that.. and it won't stop with you.

But I wish you all the best, pinkster. I know it was a difficult trip, and may it get easier for you all the same in whatever you may decide. :applause:
 
What I would do (its probably immature) is the day that I left the job, I'd go up to those people and say something really blunt about them then say "at least i had the respect to tell you that to your face instead of going around and whining to the boss about it." with a big smile and leave. *shrugs* :)
 
*updated

ive finally spoke with one of supervisors via AIM at work about a week half ago. i was very nervous but in a way i felt good about opened up and fought for myself. unfortunately, we debated briefly and things seems didnt lead anywhere. ive already told him everything i felt, explained and all, he seemed didnt take it nor try to cooperate with me. like he was just doing what he had to do. so i quieted down.

i learned that he was an ignorant. he called my co-worker an exceptional, i was gonna argue with him that he havent tried train with me yet. i didnt because he wont listen nor talk about my feelings. he said i was already trained on something related to that position. (that project i was trained back in fall i think, and i havent really moved further) i told him i didnt feel that was enough. i felt ive learned very basic stuffs. i always wanted to learn everything about it. there was a small part in project of this related position ive never learned in a several months. so, one day i made him to show me how and boy, that was quick and simple! i dont know why he never show me this thing. thats why i felt upset seeing my co-worker being trained everyday, almost all day on that position for several weeks. he said he'll give me a reading material to learn how to do that since he and others wont have time. *sigh* :sure: LOL

my another supervisor, who promoted me, said he might felt something inside and could try change a little. i kind of doubt because it'll never happen in a very long time. im gonna wait in a couple of months to see if theyre gonna hire someone to work under my position. then i will bug him again to move me up.
well, thats about it. :|
 
Back
Top