It's 7:40AM on Tuesday, August 4th and I'm at work about to start my daily routine of random blog surfing and logging on to Meebo, my web instant messenging service of choice. My boss and I will chat throughout the day about the goingsons in the office; the topics range from the loud chats of coworkers, to the piles of crazy resumes she's received (new blog about that coming), to what we had done the night before. These convos are nothing special and wouldn't warrant any further discussions. Today, however, I wouldn't be at the desk for too long and that meant trouble. The woman's desk who I had been working at was filling in for another coworker that was on medical leave, but when she can back today, there was a trickle down effect that pushed me from my spot and made me errand boy for the office. I was given an assignment elsewhere, but I had left my Meebo window open, with a box containing some chat history from earlier days.
(The rest of this post is being continued on October 3rd)
Needless to say, when the people you are discussing find out what you are saying about them, they are going to be less than happy about it. I am still not entirely sure how mad my coworkers were at me, because no one ever approached me about. Maybe my status as a temp worker made them decide I was not worth the effort, but I found out some of their feelings through my boss. But from that day on, the office seemed just a little more divided.
A word for the wise...either keep your feelings about your coworkers to yourself; or if you really feel the need to share them with someone else, make sure it's not accessible. Lest you run the risk of shit hitting the fan.
