Any tips how to handle a work colleague who is making my life utterly miserable? She has never liked me but now it is getting ridiculous, everything I say or do is twisted to make me look as bad as possible.
Recent examples that she made into a massive drama, with crying how I am so mean to her:
- I didn't tell her about a confidential case - but she wanted to know!
- I didn't sit next to her during a meeting. I sat opposite. Drama ensued.
- I didn't respond one morning when she said hi, clearly I am a massively rude person who hates her (after further investigation into this event, she did admit that I was, in fact, talking to someone else and yes it's possible I simply didn't hear the greeting)
Sounds ridiculous, we are not in kindergarten - but those constant complaints are having a terrible effect on me. I'm sneaking around on eggshells, terrified what else I will now do that will offend her, probably I'm breathing rudely and offensively too. And the usual advice, that keep a log of the interactions etc, won't work, I simply don't have the imagination to guess where the next complaint might come from.
Any experiences with similar people? What worked?