Message #53971

[anais]

Thanks for all your support!! The strange thing is things came to a head yesterday - I was on a work phonecall and the PA who shared my office was having a really loud conversation with one of her friends to the point where I couldnt hear the person I was on the phone to - we were going though diary dates - so I politely ask them to either stop chatting or go elsewhere. Once I had finished on the phone and her friend had left she informed me very aggresively that it was a shared office and that she was entitled to hold a conversation when she felt like and if I was on the phone it was tough - I responded that her personal conversations should not intefere in my work but she refused to back down or admit she was wrong and started saying - but you have conversations and disturb me - which is not true - we had quite a heated discussion which ended by me saying that if she should have the common coutesy or professionalism to realise that it was inappropiate to carry on conversations while disrupting my work. I knew then I had to talk to my boss and give him my side  of the story before he heard it from her or her boss so I stayed behind last night and told him what had been going on and that I had been feeling upset, stressed and angry for quite some time - i tried to get accross that our professional and personal styles and expectations of what our office enviornment should be were different rather than try and attack her personally - my boss has not realised that there was a problem and actually said it was a credit to my professionalism that he hadnt realise - he also said I was v precious to him as a PA and he wanted me to be happy in my work environment and also that he was not keen on the current arrangement - he said he is going to give alternative solutions some thought and talk to her boss. I was out of the office today on training so am feeling a bit nervous about going back - she is quite a vindictive person and I am not and I suspect she will befurious I got my side of the story over before she did - have decided I'm going to be calm and normal tomorrow as its up to my boss now and I dont intend to lose my dignity by engaging in any slanging match with her! Will let you know how it goes and thanks for the support!