:: Captain's Personal Blog ::

Stardate: Thursday, October 24, 2002

Consideration in the workplace becomes entirely subjective

Doesn't it? Or is it just mine? I mean, let's be real. When you sit in a communal "pod" (as it is called) when one person talks to another, is it perfectly OK for someone else to chime in?

Let's look at this from another angle, shall we? Let us say that I ask someone a legitimate, work-related question. Does that give someone else in the workplace the right to attempt to make me feel like I have no business asking? I know, this is a bit of a generalization, but the simple point which I am trying to make here is, when you speak to someone, at what point is that conversation a two person one, and at which point is it open to the public.

If you say "Bob, what is the square root of 144?" does that mean that Sara can come over and say "Why don't you just use a calculator?" or should she just mind her own business and let Bob say "144." Either response is constructive, but you are only looking for one. The other seems a bit less appreciated because yes you could use a calculator, but for the purposes of this conversation, and the fact that you know that Bob is good at math, it would simply be easier to just ask Bob.

Now, did the scenario above happen to me? Yes and no. I've changed the particulars and the names, but the essential event did indeed take place.

In an earlier rant from weeks ago, I stated that I find my work environment occasionally frustrating since I can ask questions and talk, and no one hears me (or they are ignoring me.) It is with this in mind that I want to know how it was that someone was able to not only hear my innocent question, but felt that they had to take the time to try to make me feel stupid for asking. What was the bloody point?

One day I shall figure it out, or I will just tell this person to return to the hellgrounds from which they were spawned. Either way, I think I just want this week to end. I think it has gone on long enough.


:: J 2:30 PM [+] ::
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