What the fuck is going on with this week? It is only Tuesday and already I've been faced with two occasions where my reputation has been, in some way, slandered.
The first happened yesterday. Last week, most of the higher ups were at training meetings off site. My boss called me on Thursday when he had a break to ask how things were going and to check his schedule, etc. At that time he told me that GM and VP had both inquired after me. I thought that was nice and thanked him for letting me know. And then he brought it up again yesterday when we met to catch up in his office. Only this time he didn't simply say these two gentleman asked after me but ended it with "don't worry, I made a point of telling them you weren't going to be the next You Know Who" referring to a woman notorious for claiming to be working at home when she is out playing tennis or having lunches with friends instead. This implied that GM and VP had questioned my work of late or had mentioned that they'd noticed I'd been slacking. Either that, or Boss was planting that seed in their heads.
VP I didn't worry about because I don't think he cares. But GM is Bosses boss and that does matter. So I emailed him last night and let him know that there was no question of my misusing time and that I had cancelled planned trips in order to ensure I'd have paid leave available. I received a very nice reply stating that it wasn't an issue and that any questions regarding me were simply to express concern on a personal level. I told him I'd like to kick Boss in the shins first thing this morning.
That cleared up, I was all ready to delve into my work this morning when I received an email from someone that, in a very nice way, said "can you not blab about the person shit I tell you to others in the office?" Someone told this person that she'd been told by someone else that I'd shared a personal story from dude's high school days.
1: I collect gossip but I don't share it save for with a few select individuals and then it is only work-related BS, not personal things;
2: I don't have stories from dude's high school days;
3: I don't have the same friends as the person who told him this so I have no idea who the source is.
Not having the source means I cannot get to the bottom of it without approaching the person who went to my friend. Not having the source also means I don't have any idea of their trustworthiness and I don't know if they are telling other people similar things.
It is easily and immediately remedied, of course, by my not gathering my beloved office gossip. I haven't had much time for it anyway, though, so that won't be hard. That's the other weird thing; this person evidently brought it up to the tattle tale this week or last week and I haven't had much time away from my desk so far. But that doesn't really matter. I'll just stick to my cubicle and not bother. It's frustrating but that's life. Why people can't be direct and go to the source I don't know. We are all supposed to be grown ups, aren't we? And telling A that you heard from C that D was saying 1 2 or 3 is gossiping about D so you are now no better.
Grr. Grow up people! Or at least leave me out of it!
The first happened yesterday. Last week, most of the higher ups were at training meetings off site. My boss called me on Thursday when he had a break to ask how things were going and to check his schedule, etc. At that time he told me that GM and VP had both inquired after me. I thought that was nice and thanked him for letting me know. And then he brought it up again yesterday when we met to catch up in his office. Only this time he didn't simply say these two gentleman asked after me but ended it with "don't worry, I made a point of telling them you weren't going to be the next You Know Who" referring to a woman notorious for claiming to be working at home when she is out playing tennis or having lunches with friends instead. This implied that GM and VP had questioned my work of late or had mentioned that they'd noticed I'd been slacking. Either that, or Boss was planting that seed in their heads.
VP I didn't worry about because I don't think he cares. But GM is Bosses boss and that does matter. So I emailed him last night and let him know that there was no question of my misusing time and that I had cancelled planned trips in order to ensure I'd have paid leave available. I received a very nice reply stating that it wasn't an issue and that any questions regarding me were simply to express concern on a personal level. I told him I'd like to kick Boss in the shins first thing this morning.
That cleared up, I was all ready to delve into my work this morning when I received an email from someone that, in a very nice way, said "can you not blab about the person shit I tell you to others in the office?" Someone told this person that she'd been told by someone else that I'd shared a personal story from dude's high school days.
1: I collect gossip but I don't share it save for with a few select individuals and then it is only work-related BS, not personal things;
2: I don't have stories from dude's high school days;
3: I don't have the same friends as the person who told him this so I have no idea who the source is.
Not having the source means I cannot get to the bottom of it without approaching the person who went to my friend. Not having the source also means I don't have any idea of their trustworthiness and I don't know if they are telling other people similar things.
It is easily and immediately remedied, of course, by my not gathering my beloved office gossip. I haven't had much time for it anyway, though, so that won't be hard. That's the other weird thing; this person evidently brought it up to the tattle tale this week or last week and I haven't had much time away from my desk so far. But that doesn't really matter. I'll just stick to my cubicle and not bother. It's frustrating but that's life. Why people can't be direct and go to the source I don't know. We are all supposed to be grown ups, aren't we? And telling A that you heard from C that D was saying 1 2 or 3 is gossiping about D so you are now no better.
Grr. Grow up people! Or at least leave me out of it!
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