It’s Monday, I was sleepy all day, had a headache all day, and it was generally difficult to concentrate on the crazy high-level design stuff that I am supposed to be working on, but that’s the good part of my day.
No, the reason today sucks is because I had to ask a coworker a simple question, and they went completely nucking futs on me. Seriously, it was one of those, “Geez, maybe you should switch to decaf?” kind of moments. I couldn’t even try to apologize or clarify why I was asking what I was asking, that just brought on a further torrent of invective and hysterics.
So why am I as bitter about it as I am?
This is the programmer who didn’t have much coding experience when she joined us. This is the programmer that I have coached and helped and been patient with for over a year. When she’s having trouble figuring something out, no matter how busy I have been, I have never blown her off or been mean to her.
So, obviously, I need to have my head bitten off for politely asking a simple question about her project so that my project, when it happens, will have as little impact on her code as possible. Far be it for me to consider the needs of others when planning for the future!
I realize she’s pissed and stressed about her current project, but that shouldn’t mean I get swearing and wild gesticulation when I try to quietly and politely ask a question. I don’t expect gratitude, I don’t even want it, but at least I think people should bloody well act civil to one another. Is that so much to ask?
I sure as hell hope the week starts improving at some point.
- Mood:pissed off
- Music:KMFDM - “Trust (Never Mix)”
2 responses so far ↓
People really do suck sometimes. I would be surprised if the outburst was in any way triggered by anything you did. I would imagine that she has other problems going on in her life, and you just made a convenient target for her rage and bile.
On the bright side, you are one day closer to next weekend.
No, I don’t think it’s me, I know her current project has been a mismanaged nightmare. I am ever so thankful that it’s not mine. Unfortunately, the huge task of “we want to rewrite all of our sites so that they all use the same, clean, good code” design is mine, and that means I sometimes have to ask people things that set them off.
The sad thing is I don’t actually want to be one day closer to the weekend, it’s another day gone from my timeline. And I am one day closer to having to present architecture ideas to our CTO, who is a great guy, but he takes pleasure in being rough with people’s ideas. So I’m not really looking forward to that.
Enh. Fuck it.