I've worked at this office for 10 years now and I use to have a great time working here. There is however one person that I can deal without and I happen to sit right across the hallway from her. She's the office manager, but not my boss. (Thank goodness!)

I worked here for 3 months on the weekend shift answering phones until my boss offered me a full time position. My first day on the job I marched right up to "Cruella's" office to introduce myself since I never actually met her face to face. I stolled into her office (about a half hour early, I might add) and said, "Hi! I'm so and so and I'm happy to finally met you!". She looked at me with an expressionless face and said, "Well, I'm not training you so you might as well go downstairs and wait for Tina". Ohhhhh OK... I walked downstairs wondering why I was so stupid to accept this job.

Since Cruella's office has always been across the building from mine, I've had no major issues with her until the last year and a half. We're in a new office building now and I got placed right across the hallway from her office. We can hear eachother's conversations and there's absolutely no privacy. I've been miserable ever since. I use to be very out going and social in the office until the market got really slow and I was scolded for socializing so much. I was told it didn't look like I was working and it appeared that I was goofing off. Well, my bosses did not tell me this, they had Cruella do it. So there she was one evening waving her boney finger at me like I was a three year old. I was pissed beyone belief! So, I've been holed up in my office and I don't come out unless I have to go to the bathroom or heat up my lunch. (I eat at my desk everyday) That was the day before Thanksgiving last year.

Earlier this year I've been talked to by my real bosses that I've not been friendly to Miss Cruella and I need to be able to work as a team with her. Well, I told my bosses how terrible she's treated me in the past (I can write up a list, but I don't want to bore you) and I'm just giving back to her how she's treated me. Well, that didn't fly with the bosses. I refuse to be nice to her, and we've had a "discussion" one morning and I told her that I'm just here for a job and not to make friends with her and she can just stick it if she thinks she going to come close to being friends with me.

Since then I've stuck to staying in my office and I won't talk to anyone unless they come to my office (which Cruella overhears) or if I'm up front covering the front desk reception. I've just been knocked down too many times. I've looked for other jobs, but the economy the way it is, there's not much out there.

As Christmas rolls around, I've refused to be any part of this office. I've not attended the Christmas party and our annual staff party. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a bad or rude person and I think everyone loves to have me here, but I've just been beat down too many times. I'll just be happy the holidays will be over and it'll be back to the same dull place it usually is.

It's really, really slow here and there's nothing to do. I probably work a half hour of real honest work a day. I goof off on the internet and look for jobs in my free time. I love to work hard and I'm not the type of person to goof off, but there's flat out nothing to do. I've volunteered last year to cover the reception desk in the afternoons (after they laid off the afternoon receptionist) and that keeps me somewhat busy, or at least it looks like I'm busy.

I'm glad it's Friday. I look forward to Fridays a lot more lately, which is sad.