sucking up that is going on at work right now. This one teacher has realized last week that I am not such a bad person. I think she is also realizing that there are other teachers who are deliberately being rude and mean to me. She is seeing this and realizing that she used to be "one of them". So the sucking up has begun. Last week she needed a ride home and she was complaining about not having a ride and I offered her one and she accepted. While we were riding home she broached the subject of the mean and caddyness (is that a word??) that has been going on. I told her that I was well aware of what they were doing and while it was frustrating on my end because they are attempting to sabatage all the nice things that I am trying to do for all the teachers (time to work in classrooms, a luncheon that never ended up happening because everyone protested, etc.) that I am not going to play their game and succumb to their tactics. I don't play. I work and use the rules that are set in place previous to me coming into this position. I try to follow the rules and expect everyone else to work hard and follow the rules too. If they want to sabbatage the nice things then so be it, I just won't do nice things anymore. She agreed with me and has been more chatty recently and has come to vent some frustrations of her own. I don't talk bad about any particular person and will from time to time make comments like, "I don't understand how we can't be mature individuals and work nicely together", or "sometimes people need to belittle others to make themselves feel better", or "the faculty is a unique group who while we all do our jobs very well have difficulty coming together as a group and enjoying the differences of each other rather that being critical to them". You know stuff like that. Lel, see your workplace isn't the only place that is disfunctional!!
Everyone else have done a great job of ignoring me blatently to my face and by avoiding exposure to me. I must have leprocy or something contagious. All I can say is that I have two and a half days left and am counting down the hours, well class periods left. For the count, that makes 18!!
On a good note, we had a great weekend and I can't wait to get back down to the river. For those friends who don't know, we rented a seasonal space at the campground just down from my parents house. Their house is a bit small for us to be invading their space every weekend and this way we will have our own space to hang out. Plus it has a super cool pool!!
Here is our little slice of heaven...
And this is another shot so you can see our whole spot.
And another angle:
And now meet the neighbors!!
They are the Bennetts and they are from the Richmond area too (Highland Springs) and they LOVE to sit on their back deck and stare at us. Our family will most likely become their summer entertainment this year. Can't wait!! It seemed like everytime we came back to our trailer they would come out and sit on their deck and watch us. Do you know how hard it is to read a book while being stared at. Kenneth said that we need to plant some Leeland Cyprus trees right there in front of their deck on our side of the line so they can't see us directly. He said he felt like he was in a fishbowl. I say that they won't be coming down as much once we are there an entire weekend without three loud kids. We will ruin their peace and quiet and they will find it not as enjoyable. OR they will move to the front deck on the other side. Whichever is fine with me.
The neighbors adjacent to us in the second picture up where you see the back of another unit, apparently never come down. They (according to the Bennetts) bought the place last year and have spent one night here. They don't expect to see them at all this summer as they weren't there at all last summer.
Everyone else we have seen have waved or said hello but not introduced themselves to us or come up to talk. We weren't around much last weekend but I intend to do some "friendmaking" this weekend while down. I will also take some pictures of other people's places. Most are "park model" trailers and look much more perminent than ours but in the next coming weeks we will be making some improvements to our space so it will feel a bit more homey.
2 comments:
I think you should show the Bennetts how to nude sunbathe... or have your family have a nightly farting competition under the awning.. :)
Give me some time and I can think of some more.
the difference between your dysfunctional work place and my dysfunctional work place is that at my dysfunctional work place my former department manager had the department manager of the ajoining department write down the time of day that we stood for more than 10 seconds doing nothing, or if we spoke casually to a co-worker, etc. if we have more than 5 infractions a day for 3 consecutive days, we would be written up. sorta like names on the board in 3rd grade and not getting recess. she is now the regional manager for the department. . . . . not the stores just the merchandising side. um, yeah.
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