To feel like this has spoiled my job

[MsPollysDolly]

I am having to be a bit vague here. Sorry.

A couple of months ago I organised something at work. It was outside of my normal role; there was no expectation on me to do so but I thought it would be a good thing to do. I’ve done it a lot in previous roles and it’s always gone well.

It did not go well 😬 No major disasters or anything but a lot of stress and a lot of obstruction from those above me.

So - OK, we move on, won’t do that again. But my colleagues won’t stop talking about it, rehashing it, talking about what a disaster it was, so stressful and awful.

I thought it would die down after Christmas but it hasn’t.

It’s really spoiled my job. I feel like I’ve gone from someone competent and together to being perceived as someone chaotic and shambolic. And the endless going on about it isn’t helping.

I don’t know if I’m just being ridiculously sensitive or not?

It probably did up their workload and I have apologised for this.

“…a lot of stress and a lot of obstruction from those above me.”

If the bosses felt that strongly about it they should have told you not to do it.

Some people just find pleasure in moaning their way through life and infecting everyone else. You, on the other hand, tried to replicate something other people had enjoyed, and it went down like a cup of cold sick. I think that’s on them really, not you. Be happy that you are not like them, that you look for positives and ways of spreading a little happiness. And don’t do anything for them again!