One of the things that really IRKS me is fairness, or should I say lack there of, in the workplace.

Two months ago I applied for leave for later in the year, which I am still waiting to have approved, anyway today another person on my team asks for two weeks leave for next month and it's approved straight away.

When I asked my boss wether my leave was approved or not she said she needed to check with head office.

PLUS one member of our team (I recently found out) is getting extra money for starting early when myself and another person start at exactly the same time and get no extra whatsoever.

Seeing as I work for the government I would expect them to be fair in how they treat members of staff. WRONG.

We got a new boss 12 months ago and throughout last year I made the mistake of saying what I thought, needless to say we don't get on. This year I've been making more of an effort but it's hard, really REALLY hard. Fortunatly it isn't just me - no one in the office likes her - it's a long, long story.

One good thing today - I avoided making a comment to someone who had a go at me last week. I was late for a meeting and this person made a point of saying something in front of everyone - today, when THEY were late (for the same reason I was late last week) I could have done the same thing but I thought to myself 'Self' I thought 'you do not need to sink to their level' - so I didn't - but by god it was tempting.