Annoying co-workers (rant)

[cparks1]

I'm sorry to be complaining about yet another thing, but I work with some real nosy people who watch my every move and think they need to put their two cents in on everything that I do. The way I dress (which I don't think is bad, I wear conservitive clothes and try to stay with the fashion as much as possible). I'm 26 so I guess some of my shirts show a little cleavage, but not in a trashy way, I just have big nockers and can't really hide them. Anyways, I was eating a lean cuisine meal yesterday and I added salt to it because it was bland (the only time I ever use table salt), all 3 of the girls that eat in there with me were like "that's too much salt" and kept going on and on and kept staring at me while I ate so I just yelled out "I don't tell you all how to eat your food do I??" It really kinda pissed me off cause it's like that every single day and I'm sick and tired of it. The ladies that I work with are well over weight so they shouldn't be giving out eating advice. I'm sorry, but it just seems like all the girls that I work with are jealous of something because they always find some way to put me down. I'm not really aggressive toward people but my pregnancy hormones are raging and I'm about to go postal, lol!!! Also, the lady that i sit next to is real close to retirement. She always complains about my clothes (and said she hopes that I have to start wearing uniforms) so I asked one of the older male supervisors if I dressed wrong in his eyes. He said that she is just jealous because I am way younger than her and attractive (according to all of his techs). I work for a cable company and I'm in the office all day long and never see customers. There is no reason for me to wear a uniform, besides, my boss has never complained about my clothes. I have never called in sick, I am here every day and I work hard and get my stuff done.

Sorry for the long rant, but I just don't like people right now. I'm just easily annoyed, argghhh...... It just seems like every move I make is under a microscope and people think they know everything about me when they don't know squat... Thanks for listening you all.

 

[Always&4ever]

Aww hun, ignore what people say, its got nothing to do with them

 

[Vickie]

Sorry to hear you have such crappy coworkers.

 

[CK Too]

Just ignore them hun. Like you said, its probably just jealousy....some people have got no lives and have got nothing better to do than stick their two penneth worth into other peoples business.

If your boss is satisfied with your work, and your appearance then its got bugger all to do with anyone else what you wear to work.

Its the probably your hormones more than anything. Work is driving me mad at the moment and most days I feel like telling people to take a running jump!!

 

[sonny]

aw ignore them or give them more stick!! sound like a right load of so and so's!!

 

[Redhorse xxx]

Hi Cparks1,

I am like that at the moment too. I work for a steel fabrication company as a financial controller and my boss STILL smokes in the office even though he is breaking the law. IT DRIVES ME INSANE. I went absolutely schitzo the other morning and bit his head off and told him straight that I had given up when I found out I was pregnant and It makes me heave when he smokes near me.

Plus, I didn't see why he was so special and could break the law, he looked so embarrassed when I pulled him up on it. Now, I wouldn't mind, but I have a right to clean air in my office whilst pregnant- my baby shouldn't have to absorb nicotine from him...

He looked shocked and then I told him that if he didn't stop smoking inside the offices, then I would report him to the council!!! I was EVIL! He owns the company and thinks that the law doesn't apply to him, but he did apologise and mumbled something about not realizing it upset me so much?? What a jerk???

The other thing I hate is that all my co-workers think it's okay to tell me what to eat too. I ordered a ham salad sandwich the other day and put salt and pepper on that and I got the same thing as you. "Ooh, you shouldn't ADD salt to things, it's really bad for the baby" Even though they all smoke like troopers and eat fried bacon/sausage/egg butties by the truckload.. EVERY DAY!

It sounds like your work colleagues are just jealous honey, after all they have alot to be jealous of by the sounds of it LOL!

Redhorse xxx

 

[cparks1]

Thank you all for letting me rant about some stuff, I appreciate it. Don't these people know not to mess with a pregnant woman , lol????? I feel better now, I'm just trying not to let others bring me into their misery.

 

[anita665]

I don't understand why people have to be like that. It's so rude!! How can they possibly think it's ok?

I've noticed in these situations it's always women who are like this & it is all jealousy. They don't like the way you dress because it's most probably better than them and if you have good cleavage it makes many insecure women jealous. My best friend has the same problem. If you were dressing in a way which was bad then a guy most probably would have said something to you.

I've bad some bullying in a place I used to work (& thats what it is) and it was with women. In fact I've had problems with women in many of my work places & so has my friend and it's all down to the fact we are younger and present ourselves better than most of the other women. We both dress properly for our jobs but have both even been sacked by a female boss (in the same company) for no reason at all!! Also I've noticed the less inteligent the women, the worse she will bully another women.

Hold your head high and ignore them. They're really not worth worrying about & clearly have nothing better to think about than how you dress or what you eat. Truth is they would probably love to be you.

 

[luckyme225]

Hearing things like that just remind me how stupid people can be. Sorry your co-workers are no fun!

 

[cparks1]

It's just so annoying being stared at while I eat. I try to eat healthy (right now not so much, I have indulged a little). Before being prego, I worked out, ate right and would freak out if I gained any weight. And you're right (anita665), it's only women who say stuff. The man that I asked if I dressed properly or not is really blunt and tells people the truth so I know he would not lie. These women here are your friend to your face and then they will talk about you behind your back (in my eyes). But then again, when I told one of them (the biggest complainer) that I was pregnant, she almost cried (I don't know why either, we're not that close). I guess that is why I have more male friends here than I do women. Men don't gripe and complain. (No offense ladies, you all have been very kind to me). Glad I'm not the only one who deals with this.

 

[Linzi]

Sorry theyve been so horrible hun, its dead annoying isnt it?

I would think of some nice little bitchy comments to throw back at them if I were you!

But if you're actually an adult (unlike me!), the best thing to do would probably be ignore it!

xxx

 

[anita665]

These women here are your friend to your face and then they will talk about you behind your back (in my eyes). But then again, when I told one of them (the biggest complainer) that I was pregnant, she almost cried (I don't know why either, we're not that close)

This was exactly what the women were like where I worked. They were lovely to my face to the point of being overly friendly but still made bitchy comments, somehow making them out to be "friendly advice" but they gradually got worse and became total bitches. This was probably a lot my fault as I got fed up with their falseness & bitching and stopped paying attention to them. I was still professional and never said anything bad to them. I just ignored them unless it was to do with work. At this point they got really nasty and started saying they were going to beat me up & saying really nasty things about me or wispering as I walked past. These were women in their late 20's who were both mothers and really should have known better but they were acting like school kids.

 

[Linzi]

Thats awful! I didnt realise people were still like that!

Someone at work today asked me if I had any baby names yet and I told her we liked Daisy and she started laughing and said 'She'll stand no chance with a name like that and you as her mother!' meaning she'll be a bit ditzy, because I am as well, I tend to have a lot of blonde moments. I just thought it was a really rude and inappropriate thing to say really. How hard would it have been to say 'aww thats a lovely name!' or something, even if she didnt mean it?! Sheesh!

xxx