Work Drama
Apparently Not Everyone LIkes me being promoted... I even made someone cry!
DontWasteTheMoon: what
straternity: i want to talk to you
DontWasteTheMoon: then talk
straternity: this isn't talking, its typing
DontWasteTheMoon: go
DontWasteTheMoon: i wanted to go to bed 20 minutes ago but i'm humoring you
straternity: well thank you for humoring me but this conversation could have been over ten minutes ago if you would just talk to me
straternity: i get the feeling your upset, i wouldn't know cuz you haven't talked tome
DontWasteTheMoon: its just that nobody can be trusted in that store
DontWasteTheMoon: so i'm not talking to anyone anymore
straternity: exactly so why are you judging based on the gossip that is happening there
DontWasteTheMoon: and for all i know you could blab all of this to everyone the next time you work
DontWasteTheMoon: so that's why i'm being extremely vague
DontWasteTheMoon: it's a fucking part time job
straternity: i havne't blabed anything to anyone at work
straternity: i am not like that
DontWasteTheMoon: and i have school, my REAL social life, my future career, and everything else to worry about, so i don't need the bullshit at work
straternity: i agree
DontWasteTheMoon: but with me not talking it causes more controversy
DontWasteTheMoon: and if i were to talk, it would cause more controversy
straternity: lol who cares
DontWasteTheMoon: so i choose the former
straternity: well just shutting me out, and treating me coldly is horrible, i thought more of you
DontWasteTheMoon: well i'd rather just slowly let you all go then start some big scene
straternity: i don't understand how this all came about, one minute we were cool and then a few days later your not even speaking to me
straternity: traylor, i have said nothing about you, there is no big scene
straternity: when i have been aproached about you i said i have nothing to say believe what you want
DontWasteTheMoon: but the truth hurts more than the silent treatment
DontWasteTheMoon: that's what i've learned
straternity: seriously i thought you were a great friend of mine, one of the closest people i have come to as far as friends go out here
straternity: and i get this
DontWasteTheMoon: but if i tell you, then i'm sure everyone else will know by association
straternity: tell me what? i don't talk to people about things like this
DontWasteTheMoon: well then
DontWasteTheMoon: ever since you were promoted to supervisor you act like you won the nobel prize or something, and now you're the managements' little pet, and i feel like i'm in high school again with cliques forming and a social caste system
DontWasteTheMoon: actually, fuck it
DontWasteTheMoon: go ahead and tell as many people as you want
DontWasteTheMoon: that should be heard
DontWasteTheMoon: because that's wrong
DontWasteTheMoon: it's a business for god's sake
DontWasteTheMoon: and there shouldn't be a caste system in a fucking book store
DontWasteTheMoon: and i'm tired of it all
straternity: i am proud of my promotion, i have worked my ass of for years and never recieved a promotion, and i work my ass of at the store, you have acknnowledged that
straternity: and i am happy about it, i don't mean to come off in a negative manner
DontWasteTheMoon: not a negative one, an overly proud one
straternity: well i have been working since i was 16 and never gotten as far in a company as i have at borders, so five years later i am proud. I am sorry if i come off as being a bigot, i think i have been trying hard not to
DontWasteTheMoon: yeah, but that was like what really set me off
DontWasteTheMoon: i don't know, i don't mean to be a bitch
DontWasteTheMoon: and you truly are a nice person
DontWasteTheMoon: like you're a good person
DontWasteTheMoon: but i don't like certain things about you
DontWasteTheMoon: and spending too much time with people can be bad
DontWasteTheMoon: especially when that person can tend to be grating
DontWasteTheMoon: and we can argue this until we are both blue in the face
DontWasteTheMoon: about how you think i'm not "comfortable" with myself, and that's why i'm not a flamer and conform to the stereotype
DontWasteTheMoon: and that i need to 'embrace my culture', when its not even a culture at all but some cliche pressed on us by the media and by our peers that i am completely and utterly tired of that makes me so angry sometimes that i want to scream
DontWasteTheMoon: and we're pretty much the 2000's equivalent to the 1960's blacks, yet we're characterized by a bunch of cartoon character eunuchs who are only good for shopping and hanging out with girls and giving straight guys fashion tips
DontWasteTheMoon: and while the blacks in the 60's were perserverent for their rights, homosexuals sit around and wait for shit to happen
DontWasteTheMoon: its one of the most disgusting, lazy, over-commercialized, and socially perverted cliches to ever come about in america, and you tell me i need to "embrace it"
DontWasteTheMoon: so that pisses me off as well
DontWasteTheMoon: and actually, i am VERY comfortable with who i am
straternity: well you take my embracing it to an extreme, there are parts of it i hate as well, and i wouldn't know you felt this way had you not told me
DontWasteTheMoon: i have some wonderful friends, i know what makes me happy, and i know what i love and want to do with my life
DontWasteTheMoon: if i was uncomfortable with who i was, i WOULD start chanting "i'm here, i'm queer"
DontWasteTheMoon: so the fact that you've been emulating this stereotype for quite some time, plus trying to press it upon me, then in turn almost bossing me around, yeah, i'm going to get pissed after a while
DontWasteTheMoon: and i only didn't want to say anything because how would i know this won't get back to melanie?
DontWasteTheMoon: you seem to cling to her a lot
straternity: its my job now to boss you around, and i have been trying to do so as politely as possible, i don't want to be the bad guy, i have had all the managers tell me i am now a supervisor and ihave to do this or that, so i have been trying to while keeping in mind you guys were my peers, i don't want to offend anyone and i don't like to make people upset, especially people i care about
DontWasteTheMoon: well it just seems VERY excessive
DontWasteTheMoon: like i know what time i'm supposed to clock out
DontWasteTheMoon: i know when customers are coming
DontWasteTheMoon: i know what i have to do at the register
DontWasteTheMoon: i've been working there for 9 months
DontWasteTheMoon: i feel as if some of the stuff you tell me to do you only do for the sake of telling me what to do
straternity: taylor not to be rude but sometimes you get to chatting and it feels like things are getting done, before it owuld be ok cuz i didn't care, i wasn't responsible for it getting done, but now i am
straternity: and as for your last remark
straternity: its not true at all
straternity: infact i try to avoid telling you what to do
straternity: at work, stephanie had to tell me three times to have you unsticker the table before i told you
straternity: and i tell danielle and amber to do alot, more so than i feel i ask you because i know they won't mind
straternity: i am no better than you, however i am placed in a postion to ask and tell you to do things, i do that because it is my job, not because you are taylor
straternity: i would rather have the friendship we had than be your supervisor
straternity: i really hope you understand, the transition hasn't been easy for me, i don't mean to upset you or offend you
DontWasteTheMoon: i do
DontWasteTheMoon: but also the whole thing with cassie and you and everyone spreading shit about melinda and john
DontWasteTheMoon: what makes me think you won't be spreading this as well?
DontWasteTheMoon: its like leave the poor people alone
DontWasteTheMoon: they're good people, and melinda's been alone/depressed for a very long time and i'm fucking happy for her
straternity: i said one thing to only you about melinda and john and about ten minutes later i had her reaming me for it
DontWasteTheMoon: and i think everyone else should stop acting like 12 year old girls and be happy for them as well
straternity: i learned my lesson
straternity: cassie and i don't talk about melinda and jown
DontWasteTheMoon: yeah, because i was a victim of untrue rumors in high school, and it ruined me so i had to leave
DontWasteTheMoon: so i stop them whenever i can and go straight to the source
DontWasteTheMoon: and i don't think that's immature of me, but very reputable
DontWasteTheMoon: and so do many other people
DontWasteTheMoon: nobody likes a gossip queen
DontWasteTheMoon: in the real world i mean
DontWasteTheMoon: in bitchy suburban circles yes
DontWasteTheMoon: but no
straternity: i admitted to you that day i was being a gossip queen and i said it to only you
straternity: and i heard about it from melinda less than ten minutes later
straternity: i am happy for her, i thought they were gonna break up, she led me to believe that at the time, and i know more than anyone your her best friend there, i thought it would be ok to talk to you about it
straternity: i made the mistake
straternity: and i have talked to melinda about it
DontWasteTheMoon: yeah
DontWasteTheMoon: well i don't know
DontWasteTheMoon: no offence, but everything was just a lot more peaceful before you and cassie and some other people started there
DontWasteTheMoon: and its nothing really personal
DontWasteTheMoon: its just that this kind of shitty drama wasn't going on when the old people used to work there like christine and gilmore and ethan
DontWasteTheMoon: and melinda and i talked about that today
DontWasteTheMoon: so i don't know
DontWasteTheMoon: its just a shitty situation and i HATE being reminded of my last few months of high school, even though they were pretty petty
DontWasteTheMoon: it was still kind of tramautaizing, but i'm over it now and everything, but just i hate being around immaturity sometimes
DontWasteTheMoon: and i feel that's all i get at work now
DontWasteTheMoon: and i wish everything would just calm down and we could all just work peacefully
DontWasteTheMoon: and i'm not saying as soon as you got there the shit hit the fan
straternity: taylor i am being completely honest with you
DontWasteTheMoon: it all just escalated into something that it didn't need to
straternity: it really has esclated into something it didn't need to be, but i have never spread any rumor about you, i hope that you know i wouldn't, its not me. I enjoyed the friendship we had, and at times miss it
straternity: i don't like you giving me the cold shoulder at work
DontWasteTheMoon: i don't care about me personally
DontWasteTheMoon: like as soon as i leave work i forget about it
DontWasteTheMoon: and go home and do whatever it is
DontWasteTheMoon: like its all old hat to me by the time i've clocked out
DontWasteTheMoon: i just hate having an uncomfortable working environment, and seeing melinda, one of my closest and dearest friends, in the backroom sobbing her eyes out, and getting weird looks from melanie, and you bossing me around, and seeing a hiearchy form, i'm going to get pretty damned uncomfortable
straternity: i am glad you can seperate it, i can for the most part, but i thought we were friends and thats why it bothers me
straternity: to my knowledge i have never made melinda cry, and if i have then her and i need to talk about it, i wouldn't want to hurt her anymore than i would want to hurt you
straternity: both of you are good friends of mine, or so i thought
straternity: i don't do that to my friends
DontWasteTheMoon: well i'm sorry that i've been a bitch
DontWasteTheMoon: i just needed time to think
DontWasteTheMoon: and i really don't want to get involved in any drama
straternity: i understand that, thats why i haven't talked to you about it
straternity: people need space
straternity: i understand that
DontWasteTheMoon: like i really don't want to hear shit circulating like "you think there's a hiearchy?" or like "i heard this about you"
straternity: well then you will understand the same for me
straternity: i have been approached with the same shit
straternity: and i just say believe what you want
straternity: thank you for talking to me it has meant alot
straternity: i am sorry i have made you feel the way i have
straternity: it wasn't my intention at all
DontWasteTheMoon: but the thing is
DontWasteTheMoon: like i have experience
DontWasteTheMoon: like when melinda was promoted to supervisor, absolutely nothing changed
DontWasteTheMoon: and i feel as if a lot has changed with you
straternity: well at the same time you were hearing shit
straternity: i was to
straternity: so we distanced ourselves and let each other get pissed off
straternity: and it builds up, i was waiting for you to talk to me but finally i decided i would approach you
DontWasteTheMoon: yeah
DontWasteTheMoon: well just don't tell anyone how i feel
DontWasteTheMoon: becuase i don't think its anyone's business
DontWasteTheMoon: since it doesn't have anything to do with anyone else except you and me
straternity: i agree
straternity: and would appreciate it recipricated
DontWasteTheMoon: it will be
straternity: the last two weeks have been hell for me, i think i lost some hair over it all
straternity: lol but really
DontWasteTheMoon: but seriously, get over it
DontWasteTheMoon: haha
DontWasteTheMoon: like find other things to stress over
DontWasteTheMoon: because its some microcosm that people take too seriously
straternity: i want to be friends with you, and would like to continue to talk to you outside of work
DontWasteTheMoon: its a retail job that pays 9 bucks an hour
DontWasteTheMoon: agreed
straternity: i like you more so outside of work 8-) and please understand when it comes to bossing you around, its my job, when i don't do it, i have other supervisors telling me that i am not
straternity: i don't mean to be offensive with it, today i realized that sometimes i am, its just me being stressed out, and nothing personal
straternity: its something i have to work on
straternity: we all have our flaws right?
DontWasteTheMoon: yeah definately