Quick thought for the day – we never come to you because you don’t give us a chance. You are always coming to us, so we get tired, and just want to be left alone.
I never get the chance to find out if I’d ever be moved to “cubicle hop” and go talk to someone, because I have always got someone at my desk, chattering at me! Leave me alone, people, I beg you!
Seriously, I wonder if all of my visitors would just leave me alone, what would happen? If nobody ever came to my desk to talk to me, would I ever feel the need or desire to go talk to someone? Would I get bored? Would I get lonely? I honestly don’t know.
Thank goodness, today has been pretty quiet, so far. I am feeling even less sociable than I usually do, and I must be giving off ‘hostile’ vibes. People are pretty much leaving me be, which is just how I like it. I can usually muster up the energy to be kind and patient when people come to talk to me, but today the well is dry; I really want to be left alone. I have problems and concerns and worries of my own. I don’t want to hear those of my coworkers. I haven’t got the energy to care, today.
I am so sorry about your beloved dog being ill…….haven’t been online much …had a heart attack the end of august (but lived – with a lot of extraverts hovering around constantly worrying the hell outta’ me)…
Hope all is much better soon….Louise Driggers
Oh wow I totally empathize, and I’ll be you really are great to talk to – everyone seems to want to! It’s a shame we actually have to almost offend someone in order to be left to do our jobs, because many others seem to have no empathy/sensitivity. I know if I came to interrupt someone and she was preoccupied/busy, I would not dawdle!
I think if people would leave us alone for awhile, not because they were angry but just because they were busy, we actually would want to go talk to them a little. It might take a couple of weeks before we felt that need though!
@Louise – I am so sorry to hear about your heart attack – I certainly hope that you are entirely recovered now! Unfortunately we said goodbye to our girl on the 19th. . .and we really miss her.
@Christie – thank you! I agree with you – if people would only leave us alone for a while, we would likely be inspired to go talk to them. That never happens where I work. I guess I am a good listener but if only these folks knew that half the time, while I appear to be listening, I’m really screaming inside “I’ve had it! Go away! And don’t come back for a couple of days!” And these are people I LIKE – they just never give me any space.