There's not enough bitching

[Arakawa]

I have now encountered a second person on the Internet who thinks My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is cleverly disguised propaganda for National Socialism.

[Anastasia]

I have now encountered a second person on the Internet who thinks My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is cleverly disguised propaganda for National Socialism.

I'd ask, but I suspect I really don't want to know.

[Arakawa]

I'd ask, but I suspect I really don't want to know.

This time, you probably really don't.

I'm not sure at what point I started specializing in finding Internet strange people. Not the predictable kind of strange, but the kind of strange that you are genuinely surprised exist.

[Anastasia]

I'd ask, but I suspect I really don't want to know.

This time, you probably really don't.

I'm not sure at what point I started specializing in finding Internet strange people. Not the predictable kind of strange, but the kind of strange that you are genuinely surprised exist.

The world is a strange, scary place. Of that I have no doubt nor need no proof.

So if you're finding Nazi pony fans, what about communist pony fans?

[Arakawa]

So if you're finding Nazi pony fans, what about communist pony fans?

Probably Jennifer Diane Reitz would count?

[Merc]

This has been a hectic week and it isn't even over. Labor day found me helping family all day, tuesday was schedule move up on stuff because they want things out by next tuesday, today i had a doctor's appointment as I was asked to meet with doctor early over my last lab results and this was the only day I could meet him before SR gathering. I entered doctor's office to find it FULL of patients. Someone screwed up bad with scheduling. I had a 2hr wait for a 10 minute visit.

On top of all that?  Dogsitting for sister this week, I have all day training on thursday, and a dentist appointment on friday. Somehow, i still have to finish through the work resulting from tuesday.

Most importantly, i am fucking STARVING due to wait at doctor's just now.

[Yuthirin]

HOLY SHIT I HAVE A KIDNEY STONE

[Anastasia]

HOLY SHIT I HAVE A KIDNEY STONE

That implies so much misery in so few words.

[Merc]

Having had those before, my condolences, Yuth.

[Kaldrak]

A coworker of mine has taken it upon herself to watch what I do and order me around as well as make comments on my performance when I'm super stressed out and really busy. The smug, superior tone of her voice and the fact that she is both older than me and full time, while I am part time, aggravate me to no end. She is not my supervisor and it is not her place to dictate what I do at work, yet the imbalance between us makes me feel as if I cannot voice complaints about her conduct without sounding petty and whiny.

I feel that homicide is a justified response in this scenario.

[Rukatin]

Murder is the best solution as always.

[Bezzerker]

Murder is never the best solution.



There's far too much paper work involved.

[Yuthirin]

I am always of the opinion that you should avoid murder when the judicious use of viciously cruel practical jokes can get you so much further.

[Iron Dragoon]

A coworker of mine has taken it upon herself to watch what I do and order me around as well as make comments on my performance when I'm super stressed out and really busy. The smug, superior tone of her voice and the fact that she is both older than me and full time, while I am part time, aggravate me to no end. She is not my supervisor and it is not her place to dictate what I do at work, yet the imbalance between us makes me feel as if I cannot voice complaints about her conduct without sounding petty and whiny.

I feel that homicide is a justified response in this scenario.

Not addressing the matter won't solve anything. Record the comments and/or conversations, either via audio or simply make notes, and raise the issue with your supervisor. Retain a copy of the meeting with your supervisor and if nothing is done, contact HR.

This may seem like an overreaction to what amounts to a smarmy mouth, but trust me, in any business/corporate environment, it's pretty much the only solid way to get anything to happen.

I had to do it quite often with PoCs and my people overseas. The notes and emails I kept and submitted were a significant factor in the removal of two finance directors, about a half-dozen smart mouth military PoCs, and about a dozen linguists.

[Kaldrak]

Not addressing the matter won't solve anything. Record the comments and/or conversations, either via audio or simply make notes, and raise the issue with your supervisor. Retain a copy of the meeting with your supervisor and if nothing is done, contact HR.

This may seem like an overreaction to what amounts to a smarmy mouth, but trust me, in any business/corporate environment, it's pretty much the only solid way to get anything to happen.

I had to do it quite often with PoCs and my people overseas. The notes and emails I kept and submitted were a significant factor in the removal of two finance directors, about a half-dozen smart mouth military PoCs, and about a dozen linguists.

Thanks for the advice. I've been a bit at a loss as to what to do. It's mostly been little things, for example our workstations are right next to each other and she's slowly infringed on my space over a long period of time now. I mean, I'm not there all the time or nearly as much as she is, but at one point I had reserved office supplies for my own use and now she views them all as hers, even though they are stored in the shared area between our workstations that I used to have for myself. I mean, I feel really stupid complaining over something so little and neither of us actually own the office supplies, but do I deserve not to have anything on hand just because I'm part time?

It's like I said, just little things, but the little things keep piling on top of each other. At this point I feel like she's watching me and she keeps making remarks about how I'm not working fast enough or annoyingly pointing out stuff I "should be taking care of". The obvious implication (implied by her tone of voice, comments, and body language when she interacts with me) is that I am a lazy bastard who's slowing everyone else down and who keeps leaving work for other people. I REALLY HATE THIS.

So far I've been trying to ignore her passive aggressive behavior, but that's not really helping matters. I mean, I can DO passive aggressive if I really have to, but it's so goddamn unprofessional. I have no desire to behave this way at work. I'm there to do my job and I do it well, even if I'm not quite as fast as my coworkers. I'm thinking of just straight up telling her off the next time she makes some comment about me, but I'm not sure that's a good idea. I may just be non-confrontational to a fault though.