Apparently I'm getting the silent treatment at work today from this guy. I'm pretty damn sure that I didn't do anything. Last time I saw him was Saturday, and all was fine... but first thing this morning... silent treatment. For a minute I sat, racking my brain wondering what I could possibly have done.
I came to the conclusion that it didn't matter if I've done anything or not. This guy is an idiot. I have yet to see him handle a conflict in a positive manner. He's a hot-head... he flies of the handle about every little thing. He's always threatening to quit. He got in a screaming match with another employee just last month.
How do some people end up with such a lack of coping skills? How do you end up 38 years old and giving someone the silent treatment? What's next??? Will he be passing messages through other co-workers? I can see it now "Luke, will you please ask Kat if she's done with the cost book?"
Grrr.... I can handle a lot of things (losing my little sister, father, house and car to a hurricane, career and relationship all within six months) but immaturity I have a hard time with. How do I respond? My immature inner child tells me to give him the silent treatment too. The boss in me reminds me that I am his boss and that I could reprimand this behavior.
The reality is he doesn't respect me because I'm younger than him. I've been dealing with this problem in management for ten years now, and somehow I'm still always younger than the people who work for me. The hot-head in ME wants to remind him that I have more formal education, management experience, and job experience in this field than he does.... but, instead I decide that our actions speak for themselves, respectively.
His review will be here soon enough and the weight of my opinion in this company will speak for itself then. So, I'm going to be mature and wait this one out.... but that doesn't mean I won't be daydreaming about putting thumb tacks in his chair.
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