How do I work with someone who's nippy and rude all the time. I swear nothing I do even my smiles, pleases and thanks are not enough. All I do is be around them and its enough to nip and rude. The problem is they don't communicate so you don't know what sets them off. They always have a reason to complain and I'm getting sick of it. Advice?
I had similar coworker when I first started. I couldn't blink right for her. I ignored most of her nonsense and played nice for first 4 months. After that, I did everything exact opposite of how she said to do it. She was constantly furious at me. I let her stew in her own fury. Eventually, she was transferred due to too many family members being in the same work group. I was the first employee of the month in our department. More fury... I later became the Department manager that she wanted to be. She was forced into another store due to us moving into a new store.(only 3 department heads and one lead from previous store made it into the new store.) I won.
Whatever you do, do not let the co worker get under your skin and ruin your job.
I laughed. Mostly because its true regarding both bakery and deli...
I had someone like this. When I first got to my current store, I couldn't do anything right in one persons eyes... And this person happened to be one step above me in the Kroger food chain. No matter what I did I felt like it want good enough and some of the comments were borderline personal. I was ready to tell my coordinator why the heck did you place me here???
....we're friends now. I'm not going to say this works for everyone but sometimes it turns out that it really is just "tough love". Any new person now sees us hanging out and would never guess we had a very rocky work relationship 8 months ago. Sometimes once you get to know someone you realize its all an act. Again not always true for everyone... Some people like the person in Anonymouse1' s story just get what's coming to them.
How do I work with someone who's nippy and rude all the time. I swear nothing I do even my smiles, pleases and thanks are not enough. All I do is be around them and its enough to nip and rude. The problem is they don't communicate so you don't know what sets them off. They always have a reason to complain and I'm getting sick of it. Advice?
To be quite honest I laughed out loud, like the other person, about transferring out of bakery/deli. As I swear these departments can really seem to breed snippiness and rude behavior so easily all the time(heck probably even more so cause management acts like they don't see or hear sh*t that's being said one minute or either adding to it this next pending on who the person is).
But yea, I feel you have three options really. 1. You can either transfer out of the department as was mentioned. 2. Ignore it and put your blinders on and focus in on what your actual job duties are(too hard to b*tch when you are actually doing your job as opposed to so many that stand around and talk it up for hours). Or 3. Dish it right back at them.
I use option 2 and 3 interchangeably depending on the person and day. But for some you do have to do way more 3 at times. Because if you don't they will forever think you are pushover and think they can say whatever about you. But you have to put your foot down and show them that you won't be ran over and talked about like that. Cause for sure other's won't do the sticking up for you. Have to do it yourself sometimes.
This is one of those 'what would Jesus do?' dillemas, and, well, since I'll never be Jesus, it leaves me only with how I would handle it..
Dick kick the b i t c h
You're only dragging your self down to the level of the individual I'm complaining about. You suck! There you see. Stop being a DICK!
Ohhh sweetie, you're so right----I should come on here and cry and ask advice! ......when I'm a grown human being and should already know how to handle life's problems myself. You're SO right, my bad
I wouldnt put up with that, I might for a little while, but if it went on too long, esp if I was trying to be decent, me and this co worker would be having a serious talk (I would remain cordial of course).
