Message #35670

[deedee]

Well, Jade, while Marge sounds like an overbearing pain in the ***,  and I can totally relate to your experiences with her, how have her actions/remarks affected your work?  Certainly her personal remarks are offensive and unnecessary (isn't it a shame we can't relive those moments when we have had time to think of a snappy comeback?), her long personal calls are intrusive and her behavior towards her staff is downright rude, when it comes down to it, is Marge affecting how your work gets done?  I have had my share of problem co-workers, as other forum members may know from my posts, and I have had to adopt the philosophy that as long as that person, no matter how much of a jerk, isn't actually impacting the way in which I work, and my efficient performance, then you may just have to, as my daughter says, suck it up.  As for ways to tune her out, you can always cover your ears and say "la-la-la-la, I can't hear you".  (OK, that's a joke).  My sympathies are totally with you, and I totally think her comments on your personal life and the spacing of your children are completely irrelevant, if that's any help!   I married at a very young age and had my first daughter so young, that people often mistake my granddaughter for my own child, and I am nearly 50!