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Beyond77 · Nov 22, 2008, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by multipixie9

wow beyond77, what a nasty mess! i just read the whole post on this and if you are reporting yourself accurately (and i believe you are) then you have chosen to "take the high road" and not stoop to pettiness, retaliation or office politics to gain favor with the others in the office. by doing the actual job you haven't had TIME to be doing anything wrong.

sometimes you just have to do what you think is the right thing and then hold your ground. i would agree with the speaker who says "if God brings you to it, He will bring you through it". i have always found God to be willing to help me - especially when i've been able to place a problem in His capable hands and step back and let it rest there.

do all the venting you need here, where it is safe. then just keep your head on the job at work and focus on it and not on your "office reputation". place your popularity into God's hands if you are able and then just do the job. you can do that and you can get through this.

i'm sorry but sometimes there is NO good solution. you can do it all correctly and it may turn out sour. BUT, the way you have been doing the job if you had to walk away or were let go you would go with your head held high. that will help you no matter where you are working.

i learned that on the jobs i did. i reminded myself that in my faith my ultimate boss is always God. so i work as if i am reporting to God and it keeps me honest and hard-working AND peaceful (most of the time).

i respect the job you have been doing and i worked phone lines before and know a little bit of what you may have faced. it was different but one time i answered 263 phone calls for information on the Coast Guard in a 7 hour shift with no break. when the pressure goes on for a long time it does get really tough. pat yourself on the back from me!

hugs,

leslie

Hi Leslie, thank you for your kind words and prayers. Just to know someone out there is listening means so much.

I'm still reeling from yesterday, but it turned out that my supervisor didn't have time to meet with either me or April as she and some other visitors to our office had to get back to their offices before dark (it's about 2 hours away, and they've had a lot of snow/ice over the last couple of days).

I'm still floored that April decided to "tell it to my face" like I did. Not so much for her words (which most definitely stung and hurt), but that she chose to do so out in a cubicle area where others could most definitely hear--not in a private area like an office or back room. I'm assuming that she did this to protect herself since she's convinced that I'd not tell my supervisor some lie of what happened afterward, and also possibly so others could hear and back her up somehow. When I she called me over to her cube, I hadn't even really spoken to her that day, she just called me over by my name and then it began. Obviously too, this was before the supervisor and other guests got there!!

It just seemed inappropriate to me--if you really feel the need to tell someone something like this and want a witness, whatever happened to taking that witness in to an office with us and closing the door? I felt bad for the other people having to hear all of it, especially when it had nothing to do with them. I've been on the other side of overhearing arguments like this, and I can vouch for the fact that it can really unnerve you, even if it's not something you're involved in.

I just don't get it. ,I'm not perfect, and have definitely made some mistakes, but I'm not a witch whose niceness is all a cold, calculated act to stab someone in the back (as these girls--and others--apparently and mistakenly believe).