Apr 8, 2016

How to Deal With an Irritating Co-Worker

Joan, the malicious library director, had promoted her own niece by marriage over other, 
more qualified, more dependable, more astute, and certainly more attractive candidates. 

She'd sucked it up, hadn't she, and done her job?

And when that completely undeserved promotion had caused a squeeze resulting in a certain more qualified employee's hours and paycheck being cut to the bone, 
had she pummeled the despicable Joan and the incessantly pert Sandi to bloody pulps?

No, she had not. 

Which in Dana's mind illustrated her exquisite restraint.


Key of Knowledge

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By Beadillon - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18635120




Whenever we’re working closely with other people, it’s easy for tensions to arise thanks to differences in personal styles and priorities. When they do, we have a choice: should we raise the issue, or keep quiet? Many of us bite our tongue, worrying that speaking up will harm an important relationship.
But research suggests that letting something simmer can make things worse, for several reasons.