Are there colleages you don't like in your office?

China
August 23, 2010 10:35pm CST
It is widely know that "it's hard to please all. if you want to please all, you probably will end with pleasing nobody". There is a guy i don't like in my office. he always calls me "ED" even though everyone else call me "edwina". you see, i regard his calling me "ed" as lack of respect. so one day, i was unhappy and told him that i didn't know him unless he called me by the right name. you know what, he seemed unhappy about it,too. what's more, he refused to speak to me. after all, we are working in the same office and words are inevitable, for work purpose. he is not nice. nor is he a gentleman. i don't like him at all. so mean.
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@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
6 Sep 10
My co=workers are fine. the relationship we have is not entirely perfect but we get along just fine. There are people though who are very annoying and they are the ones we don't see everyday. We are just assigned in another region so we have co workers from other parts of the country. Due to distance and being less familiar wit each other, conflicts sometimes arise due to clash in personalities.
• United States
24 Aug 10
ya i dont like supervisor she really get on my nerves.she always wants me to do extra works even during my break.if refuse to order she ll say "do wanna be fired"i hate her like osama bin ladin and am gonna smack one of these days.her name is helen,i wonder why she bears same name with my mom.
• China
24 Aug 10
Yes, you're right. It's never easy to please all. There's always someone out there who is not your cup of tea. It makes the situation worse if you are in the same office. Due to work, you have to speak to each other frequently. Dislike to the other side makes the work more difficult and also puts you in a dilemma. So we really need to learn some techniques in dealing with office relationships. As for me, I never thought I would be successful in developing my relationship with colleagues before, but it turned out that I've quite successful in that. I don't have any special technique, however. The only trick is that I learn to respect everyone in and out my office. As long as they know you respect them sincerely, they'll learn to respect you too. The guy you mentioned seems to be an unpleasant person and it must be difficult to get along with him. But even so, I still suggest you to talk to him and let him know you're not against him, though the truth is you don't like him at all. But you have to know that any personal dislike will affect your work. So it will be wise that you give it a try. You'll never know what he will do until you tried your best. Good luck!
• Indonesia
24 Aug 10
There's always people who likes you and don't, that's normal. Too have everybody likes you, that's abnormal. So I intend to ignore people that don't like me, and try to make friends with other.
@sjlskl (3382)
• Singapore
24 Aug 10
True, no one can please everyone. Even the the friendliest person will have his/her critics. But regardless of what, one have to practice professionalism. Even one is partnered with someone they don't like, they still have to get the job done.
@jerikjames (1041)
• Philippines
24 Aug 10
I do! And it's really frustrating because you can't do anything about it. If you give him/her a piece of your mind, it would only cause trouble and would create an atmosphere of enmity between the two of you. What I did with the office mate I'm irritated in is I just ignored him. And I don't speak to him as much as possible. Anyhow, with regard to your colleague, there really are rude people like him. You're doing the right thing in telling him to call you with your name not the name he's inventing.
@de_toya (2429)
• Indonesia
24 Aug 10
I do agree with you. It's hard to please all even though we always do a good things. We can't be so kind to everyone. Moreover, we are human and never miss from being mistake. No body is perfect. Even though I sometimes feel suck to my co-worker, I won't keep it as revenge. Indeed, I could be irritated for a while when someone make us hurt but I do realized that everybody may make mistake and forgiveness is the best way to make better relationship.
• China
24 Aug 10
yes i agree with u,i think the man is not respect u.but i want to say maybe u can know more about why he called u "ed".do u know when i was in college ,my friend called me another name ,at start i did like this name ,but they never had other mean,just bucause i weak up early.hehe in fact now i like this name but no one called me ,cause i work in another city,we r not toghter with my friend,this name always let me miss my college life.this just my thinking!i want to say if u dont like this calling,i agree with u to say out and let everyone know in you office.because everyone have different thinking ,and u have this right.