Manners and Lack of them…Again!
I know it shouldn’t, but it still surprises me the lack of manners some people portray. Especially at the office. I just don’t get it.
Maybe it’s because I’m reserved by nature and won’t just say something without thinking it through. And most things are anyway just not my business.
My latest (although not new) pet peeve is colleagues who comment on my weight. I’ve never commented on anyone else’s weight at work, home or anywhere else.
So why do they think they have a right to tell me how thin I am and then wondering why – some inferring and some outright asking if its for some guy. My guy liked me a two years ago, a year ago and now. And in that time I put on and lost 5kg. I would never try to impress someone who didn’t already like me. But that’s besides the point.
I don’t go around telling people how fat they are. Asking why they don’t eat less food and exercise more.
Like yesterday.
I had to endure comments all day about my weight – but what really pissed me off was a conversation I had with a colleague about diets and stuff. She initiated the conversation.
I seldom, if ever, bring up the subject of health and fitness or anything that might make someone feel bad about themselves.
My colleague though added for effect that she wouldn’t be starving herself. Surmising that I do.
Whether I am or not – and I’m not – is none of her business.
I’ve made it quite clear (I think) that I don’t consider colleagues to be my friends. I’m generally friendly with them and for the most part we have a pleasant working relationship. But that’s all it is to me. A working relationship.
There are some things appropriate to discuss at work. Some people don’t mind complaining about their weight all day and discuss their various diets with anyone who will listen. That’s their prerogative.
I am not one of those people.
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