OFFS

You have got to be kidding me! I just got reprimanded for talking too much. WTF? No, I do not talk a lot. In fact, I’ve been criticized in just about every annual review for not being social enough with my coworkers. I am constantly getting comments from higher-ups that I am too fucking quiet[1]. So when I finally do take a few minutes to chit chat quietly with a coworker, I get nailed for it.

How on earth does that make sense?

What’s really pissing me off, though, is that just about everyone on this floor talks, loudly and at length. It’s distracting. I get that, believe me, and I have no intention of being part of the problem. But why aren’t those people getting reprimanded for talking too much? Because they’ve all been here for 20-30 years, and either their supervisors are afraid of them or they are too chummy with them to say anything. I’ve only been here eight years, though, so I’m “new” and therefore low dog on the kicking list.

That is some kind of Catch-22, I’ll tell you whut.

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1. Srsly. Both the head of cataloging (who sits next to me, and who was the one who made the complaint to my direct supervisor about my talking yesterday!) and the head of tech services have repeatedly commented that they can never tell that I’m here, because I never make any noise.