Infantile
Posted: Fri 13 July, 2007 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Charm School, Work-related |2 Comments »At the moment, one of the people in the department isn’t talking to me. I’ve obviously done something wrong, but couldn’t quite tell you what it is. The list has a few options on, so *shrug*.
However, when someone is ‘not talking to me’, I can’t deny that I become extremely childish. I keep on asking the person questions, or just generally involving them in conversations, so that they damn well have to talk to me.
I know, I know, it’s childish and infantile. But at the same time it’s also bloody funny – not just to me, but to the rest of the people in the team as well. And thus I feel slightly vindicated.
How extreme is this ‘not talking to you’? It’s one thing not to start friendly conversation with someone who isn’t a friend, but trying to avoid interaction completely seems pretty juvenile in itself. Your response sounds more than fair.
It’s fairly extreme. We’re talking a level where they won’t acknowledge I’ve spoken, that kind of stupid crap. And yeah, it is infantile. Which is why I’m milking it as much as poss…