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@Hip Hip Hooray! all those improvements do feel great. I did have a setback this week in that I had to start using my cane a bit again. I have been so exhausted this week.
One of my co-workers is an attention seeker and one of those people who like to kiss up to the boss. The boss had asked she & I to label the many file cabinets to identify what was in them and if they are going or staying, and he specifically said that he would have EVERYONE in the department pitch in to move files and consolidate cabinet space, so that the burden didn't fall on one or two people. Well, my difficult co-worker loves to kiss-up and so after we labeled everything, she starts going into all the cabinets and moving everything by herself, clanging and making a big racket so everyone would hear her and take notice and think poor poor *name* doing the work all by herself. So even though she took this on herself of her own volition, she is being quite vocal about her displeasure and is playing the martyr, saying I'm not helping her.
We also have tons of records and she kept saying how this needs to go to storage and that needs to go to storage. That's all well and good but sending important documents to storage requires proper indexing so that they can be located and pulled back at a later date. We have databases that the information needs to be entered into, and the info needs to be detailed and identifiable, rather than just shipping boxes of files off to storage to get them out of the way while creating problems for others trying to locate those records down the road, which is something I have experienced firsthand and am trying to prevent for those coming after us. So now she is choosing to send hundreds of files to storage and is complaining very loudly and in front of my boss's office, that I am not helping her. None of this is priority as the files are going to the new location anyhow, so there is no reason our replacements couldn't decide what goes & stays, and send things off at a comfortable pace as time permits rather than us doing it in a frenzied pace and doing it insufficiently just to get them sent off. It is time-consuming to do it correctly and I have other more important duties that bring money back into the company which is my priority.
I am noticing that this co-worker just likes to get things off her plate and isn't concerned about if something is done correctly or accurately or in line with company procedure. She knows she is a short-timer and is more concerned about advertising to everyone that she did this or that, and expecting praise for it, even though they don't even realize yet that she is doing things wrong. Since I have been back at work, I am finding lots of things she did incorrectly or not at all, some of which will cost the company money. I caught several of her costly mistakes this week and corrected them myself. But because she kisses up to the bosses, they don't see it. She puts on a really good front and tries to buddy up to them instead of focusing on the work where I focus on the work and don't advertise or seek praise for doing my job. Every little thing she does, she makes sure everyone knows about it.
Sorry for rambling but it feels therapeutic to vent - it's mentally exhausting dealing with such a kiss-up, back-stabbing type person. Thank goodness this is a short-term situation.
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about your co-worker. I absolutely cannot stand perpetual victims and crisis seekers. You are spot on about them being exhausting. How nice of her to do all that stuff incorrectly and make a huge mess for the people on the other side who will eventually have to deal with it, as well as complaining loudly while managing to pat herself on the back. Yeesh. It sounds like you have a firm handle on exactly what you need to do though and that is the most important thing.
thanks for popping in...yes, it is definitely nice to have a place to vent - very therapeutic.
