Work-related bitchrant
Nov. 4th, 2005 11:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
akainagiI just finished my two days at work minus one of my favorite residents.
Let me set the stage for you.
I come into class on Wednesday and one of my coworkers, asks me when my last day at work was. So I answer. And she says ....
"Oh. Then you know that xxx died." Like it was some hot fucking piece of gossip.
So I lose it, go into the bathroom and start crying.
This was a wonderful lady. She was the first person I ever passed a pill to in my professional life. I saw her every morning.
I don't understand how my coworker can be so fucking cold. She's worked there way longer than me. Doesn't it bother her when someone she's known for months dies?
I understand that we need to accept the fact that these people are at the end of their lives. We need to accept their deaths and do our jobs anyway. And I did that. But shouldn't you feel something? And when you pass the news on, shouldn't you do it with at least a little tact? And maybe not in a room full of people at the top of your lungs?
Let me set the stage for you.
I come into class on Wednesday and one of my coworkers, asks me when my last day at work was. So I answer. And she says ....
"Oh. Then you know that xxx died." Like it was some hot fucking piece of gossip.
So I lose it, go into the bathroom and start crying.
This was a wonderful lady. She was the first person I ever passed a pill to in my professional life. I saw her every morning.
I don't understand how my coworker can be so fucking cold. She's worked there way longer than me. Doesn't it bother her when someone she's known for months dies?
I understand that we need to accept the fact that these people are at the end of their lives. We need to accept their deaths and do our jobs anyway. And I did that. But shouldn't you feel something? And when you pass the news on, shouldn't you do it with at least a little tact? And maybe not in a room full of people at the top of your lungs?