It’s a physical job where we often have to work in pairs. I work with several different people, only actually work with said colleague a couple of times per week for 1-2 hours, but it’s usually the same.
She’s very experienced in the role and near retirement age. She just gets exasperated sometimes in front of clients or speaks rudely and I don’t think I should put up with it.
She’ll say stuff like ‘What ARE you doing?!’ Or just ‘Oh God’, or you’ll just hear it in her tone of voice.
Once she snapped in front of a client “You’re not doing it properly!” Or stuff like ‘Well obviously you need to do that now’
Otherwise, she’ll tell me what to do even though I’ve been there for a couple of months now.
The problem is I probably make more mistakes when with her because it makes me nervous and flustered. I thought I was being overly sensitive but I’ve never had that from any other colleague, they have polite and tactful ways of speaking.
I’ve never had complaints about my performance from management or from clients, I am newer to it and I understand that it must be frustrating if you’ve years of experience.
The thing is when we drive between jobs she’s perfectly nice, it’s just when we actually do the work.
Does it sound like I’m being too sensitive?