Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:
KassandrahKnight wrote:
Grandfather Barkingturtle wrote:
STUFF ABOUT ME
Awww, I'm starting to like you BT.
Cool. I just rated you up, but you stayed at default.
Sorry, but it appears people just aren't that into you.
That's ok, I'm not into people, either. And I honestly don't care about ratings.
A lot of my post came out of sheer frustration. I'm in an uncomfortable spot at work.
Employees should and do have some rights, but so do employers, they can expect you to look and act professional. Dressing like a flaming tranny, or a gang banger, or a wannabe rockstar, probably doesn't fit that criteria. I don't know anything about the OP, so I can't say what her situation is. All I know is this world expects you to conform.
My boss is nice, personable, very tactful, as is her boss; he can't say a bad word about anyone. The person I work with is nice, tries to be helpful, very friendly, can barely meet a deadline and doesn't seem to know what she's talking about half the time. I'm not so nice, kind of standoffish, not terribly friendly, but I'm professional and I get my sh*t done.
Even though this person has been there almost as long as me and long enough that she should know what to do without asking me every five minutes, and then being offended to the point of tears when I tell her what she needs to do, apparently she is extraordinary in some way I'm not seeing. And I will be expected to conform because I need to be more... what, warm? Approachable? Whatever.
Life's not fair, dammit. If you want to be yourself, work for yourself, or go work at a record store or a sex shop. My dream job is to own my own book store, because then at least I'd have something in common the people there. We all feel alienated when we aren't accepted, but it's human nature to try to make everyone else like you rather than let them be who they are.
Edited, Oct 12th 2007 1:53am by KassandrahKnight