Turn them in or keep quiet?

[jennielynn1970]

Well, technically its not a friend... its a coworker and they'd like to keep things friendly in order to continue having a good working relationship. This coworker is plain nasty and mean to people she doesn't like, and will make their lives miserable.

Sounds like my teacher associate ("I'm not an AIDE, that's a disease"... can I tell you how tired of that I am. I finally looked at her today and said "No. aide is a word, it means a helper. AIDS is an acronym, it doesn't mean the same thing" She argued of course, and I just said that those of us who are logical thinkers and understand the context of words in their sentences, know the difference.)

My assistant/associate is absolutely hateful. She should have retired years ago. Now she just lives to yell at the kids and get them in trouble, or humiliate them in front of others. I can't stand it. I'm the librarian, the teacher, and she does whatever she can to make things difficult. It's my 2nd year in this position, and I think she's just pissy because she doesn't like change, even though I didn't change much.

She keeps telling the one principal she's trying to get me to give up my "heathen" ways and get back to church and god (which totally ticks me off, because, I may be a heathen, but only I get to make fun of myself in that way.) She's racist and so nasty to the black and hispanic kids. She talks about a time before "THEY" came to the school, before they redistricted the city and made the schools more diverse.

She's just a very unhappy person. This was supposed to be her last year, however she has decided to stay on another 3 years I think. I am sooooo NOT happy about this. I have asked if I could get another assistant, but I don't know if that will happen. Our principal doesn't like to rock the boat. She's very passive aggressive, and sneaky too, and talks about everyone behind their backs, she always says what a "good christian" she is.

HYPOCRISY.

I just can't take her anymore. I'll lost my mind before she retires if they don't switch her to somewhere else!

[sparks19]

Jenn.... she sounds like my sister.... never happy. I rarely see her smile unless she is making fun of someone....but most of the time she is just yelling and complaining.

One day when she is having a moment you should just say "so what is it like to be so angry all the time?" Although I imagine that would cause a huge uproar.

It's terrible the boss isn't doing anything about it. There is no room for passive aggressiveness in management.

[jennielynn1970]

The sad thing is that the kids know it. They're not blind.

One boy said to me about a month ago, so perceptive, and so well spoken
"Miss... why is she so bitter?" I just said Jeffrey, she's a very unhappy person, and that's just the way it is. But for a 12yr old, who actually is from Puerto Rico, and not that well versed in english, he hit the nail right on the head with that one.

*One of her favorite stories is how when she was an assistant in a LIFE SKILLS class (downs syndrome and severely mentally disabled and all those kids), there was one student who was a very dark skinned black boy. She said the most fun was when she'd bring in powdered donuts and give them to him so he got his face all white.

Is that sick, or is that sick?!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Kim- I say hide the piggy bank! Honestly, I really don't know what I'd do in that situation. Is there anyway at all that you can snitch without her knowing who it was that snitched?

She keeps telling the one principal she's trying to get me to give up my "heathen" ways and get back to church and god... She's racist and so nasty to the black and hispanic kids. She talks about a time before "THEY" came to the school, before they redistricted the city and made the schools more diverse.

It's so sad, but I know so many people who claim to be good Christians, yet they are so predigest. Justin has confronted a couple people abut it and they always find a way to dance around the subject and make excuses.

[king2005]

I rarely allow people walk all over me at a work place (I do to a point), but if one is screwing around, & I catch them in the act. I let them know & I'll threaten to go higher up if they do anything & thats my warning.. Now if they do something I find to be really wrong, then I go right to the boss, or HR. For my last issue I went to HR. I never have to worrk about others bothering me because the company is strict on that kind of BS. Since most of us are on contract, its easy for us to be replaced (if thats needed of course).

I don't need friends at work. If they try anything outside of work, the police can do wonderful things!