We've gone from Honeymoon to Kindergarten...

I guess it's just too tempting,,, The idea of a fresh ear, the possibility of swaying someone over to your side. Now that I've been there a few days, and people are getting used to me,,, it's been fun to see who would pull me aside next... I'm getting the scoop on who I should make sure I stay on their good side'cuz their really important', the scoop on who gets along and who doesn't, the scoop from the HR rep who thinks she'd really coy, but almost always ends p revealing more information than she should. All the 'political' stuff I just politely listen to, thank them for letting me know,, and then reserve the right to make up my own mind...

It's the stuff from within my own team that has me stumped... There's one girl in particular who has been eager to point out the short comings of my supervisor and her partner, and how this is effecting her work performance.... I've tried to take the encouraging stance, of how it's all point of view, it's all perception, and if she continues to look at things with the 'look at what I'm not getting' as opposed to 'what can I do with the information I've been provided',,, that it will eventually effect everything she does, approaches, and her general mood, and whether she wanted it to or not it would be visible to others...

She seemed to listen, but for all I know she is now repeating everything I said with 'who does she think she is' after every sentence... We were all talking yesterday about how working from home isn't always as easy as it's cracked up to be,,, but I tell ya,, after dealing with stuff like this it looks very appealing!

I personally don't know where these people find the time to be so worried about everybody else and what they are doing and not doing,,, The new has definitely worn off as evidenced by my email in box today !! I guess I'm just going to continue to try to cut it off at the knees, tactfully let them know that I really don't want to be involved in it, at that I simply don't have patience for it... See if that solves it,,,

Hey,,, did anyone notice that tomorrow is New Years Eve?!!?! How did that happen????