tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7666098321274110417.post1683927093556263019..comments2012-08-26T18:25:29.348-07:00Comments on All this happened, more or less.: on astonishmentKatie Wrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15026283143500021093noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7666098321274110417.post-2412091147959257762011-01-25T19:03:55.488-08:002011-01-25T19:03:55.488-08:00I think people really have issues with age. I thin...I think people really have issues with age. I think they automatically assume that since you're 22 that you're not a competent adult, just some punk kid who needs a job. Also, I think people feel intimidated by how much you've accomplished in your 22 years: you are in a graduate program, married, working like crazy, and so they project this idea that you must be a spoiled, nasty person to make themselves feel better. How is it rude to ask someone to answer the phone when you can't? In fact, I'd say that it's rude of them not to try to help you. And have they tried to befriend you? To make you feel comfortable since you're the new employee? Why is it that people can easily see the faults in others, but don't take the time to realize that maybe they're the ones with the issue? Matthew 7:3. <br /><br />Katie, you're one of the best people I know. And definitely not on my list of abrasive people. Your manager handled that very poorly, and I'm sorry you had to go through that.Kaitlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13496285343280898391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7666098321274110417.post-17572820681586101762011-01-21T14:04:08.724-08:002011-01-21T14:04:08.724-08:00Oh, poor Katie! If they had a problem with you, th...Oh, poor Katie! If they had a problem with you, they should've talked to you about it first. Going to a manager not only makes you feel awful (as you said), but also makes the problem appear that much worse to the manager. You are NOT abrasive! As soon as you get over your humiliation (jerks!), you could always talk to all of the fellow employees about it and say something along the lines of what you said here; that you didn't mean to come across that way and you thought you were treating them like equals...That's just low-down, dirty, and mean of them to go behind your back. I worked with you and actually preferred working with you over a lot of the other people in joyful. I did not take offense when you asked me to do something, because it got busy in there and if we didn't communicate then it would have been chaos. I'm sorry they were sneaky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7666098321274110417.post-8672551475211959502011-01-21T10:02:19.080-08:002011-01-21T10:02:19.080-08:00You should be upset! If some grown men and women ...You should be upset! If some grown men and women can't take a 22(?) year old talking to them like an equal, that's their problem. And I can't IMAGINE you ever being "nasty" the way your manager said. You're right, a thick skin is a good thing to have, but holy cow, you have to see these people all the time! This isn't like rude W&L kids who would come and go at Joyful. Ugh. I'm so sorry you are having to deal with this. Screw 'em, I say!<br />-RobinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com