I have just finished work today and for the past few months, I have been so fed up. I don't expect any replies really. I just want a rant, to let it all out.
I work in an office of women, all much older than me, and as a result I am always getting the blame. Now these days, because of this, i'm always waiting for someone to say i've done something wrong, especially one woman who always does it. One particular example is that someone sent a client some paperwork, and ended up being sent to the entireley wrong client and causing one hell of a lot of confusion and got sent back to us. When this happened, one of my colleagues said 'well, I don't know how this could've happened. It must've been you (meaning me) or Ollie (our intern) who sent it. I then came up with the bright idea of looking at the paperwork which had been returned to us and it was signed neither me or Ollie, but was another member of staff. No apology, no nothing.
The next rant is about bitching. I know it goes on in a lot of places where it's all women working together, but it's got to the point where it's every single day. It's mostly bitching about one woman in particular, who happens to be the nicest and most timid of the bunch. An easy target I guess. I always ignore it, but when it's the senior members of the office doing the most bitching about her, it's not good at all.
Third rant is about one woman in my office. We can sit all shift together and barely say a word. I do try to make conversation but it's usually a yes or no answer. Very awkward. At first, I thought it may be because she might be shy, but she is not at all, and with everyone else in the office she chatters away. One time she was talking about her holiday home and as she was talking, looked at everyone as she did so, all except me, so I snuck over in the corner and pretended I was doing something. I felt invisible. Also, with everyone in the office if someone asks a question, I try and offer help, but i'm always completely ignored over someone elses offer of help. Even if i'm the only one with the answer, I still get ignored. It's not fair!