The workplace

The workplace. I think I might need to revamp how I think or function in my workplace and also the relationships I have there. It's the end of the first year here. I've seen the politics and made some friends but even right now I'm beginning to see the true selves of certain people who, at first, behaved very friendly.

No doubt I'm quite disappointed right now at how I'm being treated by some people there and I'm starting to see how some I need to deal with a bit more wisely. Things like, them starting the complaint about certain people, and my mistake was to join in because she was being all best friend and all and then she turn round and rebuked me saying I'm not supportive of the school and complain too much. Yes, it was my mistake and now I've learnt. Then the other thing is, her needing to stay back in school, then influencing me to stay back too, kinda enforce it upon me that I should be doing this and this then I stayed. And on the next day only realizing that whatever work that she said I "should" do isn't that necessary at all. What's worse is, she welcomes me to ask her when I'm not sure about things, now that her other friend is back from maternity leave, she talks to me like I should already know those things and suddenly isn't all friendly anymore.

Frustrated much? Yes of course.

Now I'm gonna shut up and prepare and teach really well, and do all the things my job requires and not listen to any additional crap that all those who are not the head of anything, says.

Time for a revamp. Time to reevaluate.

And I think it is high time I learn to take serious notice at the telltales of these kinda people: the ones who call you whatever best friend and promises to be bffs in a day or a week of getting to know each other because they'll suddenly change very fast too and go in the other direction.

Lesson learnt: make several friends in your workplace and not only a few. Not everyone is out to get you so, make more friends.