We never have staff meetings. We
had one once – at my insistence. It was a terrible idea, I don’t know why I
suggested it. I never will again. This is what happened:
Back in the olden days when the
staff trio consisted of the ever-so-slightly volatile Colleague McDrama; the
ever-so-slightly capricious TBE (aka The Boss Erratic) and lil’ old me, we
developed something of a communication problem (I say ‘we’; it wasn’t me – don’t be thinking it was me. There’s no ‘me’
in ‘we’; I was still naively enthusiastic back then).
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| I love my job! I love my job! Picture, Maikausminga, Pixabay |
Colleague McDrama would frequently
complain to me about TBE. She’d complain that she felt isolated and forgotten
by TBE. That she never saw TBE. That communication was only through the message
book, which was rubbish because it meant TBE either brushed aside any issues McDrama
raised, or completely ignored them. (Sound familiar? It’s like I was staring right at my future and I didn’t
even see it).
The more McDrama pushed (via the message book), the more nasty and
defensive TBE became (via the message book). Colleague McDrama was very unhappy
(and a wee bit, ‘back away slowly,’ ‘hide all the knives,’ teeth spittingly angry).
I urged Colleague McDrama to talk to TBE: to request a formal, face to face
meeting with TBE and deal directly with the issues once and for all.
At the same time, TBE would frequently complain to me about Colleague
McDrama. TBE would complain that Colleague McDrama was always moaning: moaning about
feeling isolated and forgotten; moaning about never seeing TBE; moaning about
only communicating through the message book. The more TBE ignored her (in the message book), the more insistent and angry
McDrama became (in the message book).
TBE was very unhappy with
Colleague McDrama, so I urged TBE to talk to her: to set up a formal, face to
face meeting with McDrama and sort this stuff out directly, and once and for
all.
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| Arghhh!!!. Original picture: Pixabay |
