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Almost told my coworker her "helpful" spreadsheet tips were driving me crazy
Last Tuesday my office started using a new project tracker, and Melissa kept popping over every 10 minutes to explain how to use the color coding. Like, I get it, green means done and yellow means pending, I'm not five years old. She was treating me like I couldn't figure out something I learned in middle school computer class. I had to bite my tongue so hard when she said "just let me know if you need help with the highlight tool" because I wanted to snap back that I've been using Excel since she was in diapers. Instead I just smiled and said thanks, but inside I was screaming. Has anyone else had a coworker who just doesn't know when to back off with the explaining?
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tessa_clark746d ago
Ugh been there. Just start wearing headphones.
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troyreed6d ago
Honestly, wearing headphones is the only way I survived my last job. Ngl, just putting them on and pretending to be in a deep focus mode stopped like 90 percent of the random chit-chat. Worked so well I started wearing them even when I wasn't listening to anything.
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