My boss took our group to lunch today - a holiday lunch. We went to Pappas Seafood. I'm not sure if that's national or local. In any event, it's one of the nicer restaurants in the area. More upscale.
Anyway, one of my attorneys has been in a pissy mood for at least two weeks now and it's not been real clear why. All I know is the first week I went in to say good morning to her and she bit my head off. Actually she did that two out of three mornings. I quit going in to see her.
Then she stopped talking to me altogether. Wouldn't even make eye contact with me last week. On one occasion she needed something done and rather than tell me, she wrote it on a post it note and stuck it on my desk.
I was sitting at my desk at the time.
So this kind of behavior has been going on for at least two weeks. The invitation for lunch went out before she stopped talking to me. She made some comment about she didn't want to go. See, I'm like the only one in the group she likes and she didn't want to spend her lunch hour with a group of people she doesn't like.
Fine - it was optional.
So my boss sends out a reminder this morning about it and offered to drive me and the other two staff support ladies. Said if anyone didn't want to go to let him know, otherwise we'd get a table for the group.
No one declined.
The female attorney rode out with another attorney. In the restaurant, she sat in the corner with her arms crossed the entire time. She never joined in the conversation or made eye contact with anyone and she didn't even order lunch!
So, is it just me or is that not rude?
Aside from her negativity, it was a nice lunch.
3 comments:
Lucy,
Yes, it's rude. Maybe she has a bug up her butt, or maybe she's pre-menopausal (sp?) Who knows?
Maybe it's me, or just my hubby wearing off on me. But personally I'd try to get back at her. Not a blow out type of way, but something subtel to let her know she's a witch and I'm not taking it anymore. Or, at least I know hubby would do that! LOL!
Yeah, L. That was rude and outright disrespectful. If I were her boss I'd tell her to shape up, cut the attitude, or start looking for a new job. Boy, I'm cranky today! LOL!
~W
Last night I started thinking about it. Last year at Thanksgiving she went to visit her mother and aunt (they live in different states). She picked up her aunt and flew her to her mother's (the aunt and mother are sisters). The aunt fell at the mother's and died as a result of the injuries from the fall. The funeral wasn't done until Christmas time because of scheduling issues.
That alone would make most people cranky around the holidays but this year at Thanksgiving her MOTHER fell. She didn't die and I didn't get any other details but I got her timesheet ready today for the remainder of the year. She has a day marked for "serious illness in family". That indicates to me that something serious is going on - like maybe a surgery or something. But since the attorney in question is being pissy with me (and a very private person by nature) I don't know what's going on and haven't asked.
Tuesday is my last day in the office for the year (hers too) so maybe come January the pissy moods will have passed. (Please!)
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