On the Sharpness of the Metaphorical Crayons in the Figurative Box

[sakon76]

I have two new-ish coworkers, replacing Peggy, who retired. Diana I quite like; she and I have Japanese and gardening in common, so we can small-talk those. Glenna, despite being much closer to my age, I am far less sanguine about. She is extroverted where I am introverted, not all that detail-oriented, and perhaps a bit coarse. She complains near-daily about the single flight of stairs leading up to my desk/the filing room/the break room hurting her legs. And yesterday (since hers are acting up) she asked me what I take for my allergies.

I don't have allergies.

Why would someone assume, in the absence of any evidence, that another person has a condition?

On the other hand, some days I suspect I am perhaps a bit too much of an Austen character, prone as I am toward silence, stillness, good sense, and sensibility. So mayhap the flaw is in my expectations.

Comments

[dellessa.livejournal.com]

I...don't think your expectations are flawed in the least. Then again, I have very high expectations of peoples behavior...and I am let down a lot.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

I don't think your expectations are unrealistic. I think hers are. If it hurts to go up a flight of steps, figure out why and quityerbitchin' is more my viewpoint.

I'm sorry. Glenna sounds like the kind of person that makes an office prickly and uncomfortable.