I knew it couldn't last. I had a wonderful weekend finishing one of my fics and reading a couple of good books. Then today the shit hit.
Ok, here we have the long story of my office and the bitca I work with. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.
Ok, the first week of my new job. I was asked to fill in for a woman who was on leave. She's a grade above me but that wasn't a problem, I'd filled in for people before. However, on my first day I was met with a terrible sight. Her filing cabinets were a mess. Nothing was in order, there was a drawer stuffed FULL of loose papers that needed filing (some of which was a year old), it was awful. Her boss (and mine) asked me to sort it out while I was covering. Again, not a problem. I hate mess.
Anyway, it too me 2 WEEKS to sort the mess out but it looked damn good by the time I was done. The woman came back and a week later the drawers were a mess again. Now, it's not entirely her fault. She'd got a disability which makes movement a little difficult for her, but she won't ask for help, she just lets it get worse and worse. They've tried to move her to departments where it'd be easier for her mobility but she refuses to go despite the fact she knows she can't cope where she is at the moment.
This annoyed me, seeing all my hard work undone and I had a quiet word with the boss saying I didn't want it to get as bad as it was last time. I don't have 2 weeks to give up just helping her again. I work for 3 other people in out office and it's not fair on them. Nothing was done.
The boss then asked me to help out, giving him some of our older files to have a look at. This is when things started to get bad. Previously the boss didn't know how behind in her work she was, she'd just stuff everything in her cabinets and not tell him. Once I started helping he began to see how bad things were. Unfortunatley the woman blamed me for this coming to light.
It started with a few snippy comments here and there, then she started criticising me in front of other people. Now I admit I'm fairly new so I have a lot to learn, but it was the WAY that she spoke to me that bothered me. I kept it to myself, thinking I was being petty. Then the others in the office started noticing the way she was with me. They all agreed she was being unreasonable.
Finally today it all came to head when she accused me of not doing any work, not only in front of the people in the office but in front of our boss too. She said she didn't want my help with anything. I was so angry and embarassed that I was shaking.
Afterwards I went in to see the boss. He was amazed at the way she acted, more so when I told him it had been going on for a while. He said he'd talk to her and find out what the problem is. They're taking steps to get her some proper office help so I can carry on with my normal duties. She'd said she was happy with that but maybe she isn't. All I know is that she's blaming all her problems on me and I'm just doing my job.
*sigh* Hope things get better soon, I'm starting to feel uncomfortable in my own office. Combined with last weeks burglary and a problem I'm having with one of my friends, today's little incident nearly had me in tears. I hate crying in front of other people so I held back but it was bloody close.
I feel miserable
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