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Originally Posted by phenomshel
*Sigh* I am exhausted. The last two months or so I have been dealing with a bad situation at work. I normally do not have problems with anyone, but this girl was just not cut out to be supervising anyone. It went to her head, and she almost made me quit several times. Tonight was her last night. All was fine until the last hour - and then she decided it was time to give me heck. If our grocery manager hadn't talked me down, I'd have walked out.
Then she called back after she left tonight, asking me "do you have issues with me?" Since she won't be back, and since I was still on the clock, I lied through my teeth and told her everything was cool. It wasn't, and it isn't, but hopefully I don't have to deal with it anymore.
I'm the type that falls apart after everything is over with. So I'm sitting here in tears wondering how I could have better dealt with the situation.
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You lost an opportunity to help someone and all other around this person. She opened a door, which is a rare thing for such a person. You could have been gentle and critical at the same time.
When coworkers open up to me in that way, I feel privileged that they should trust me and repay them with honesty and kindness. In this case you could have helped a lot of the people under her watchdog attitude. As I get older, I try to defuse situations more and more just by putting myself in other people's shoes.
Call her back and test the waters, just to see if she's willing to open that door again. Unless she really is an a******...
