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How do I deal with an irritable coworker?
I'm not sure if this coworker is irritated with me, or if they are having other issues. The problem is that I am still in the process of being trained, and I need to be able to approach them with questions.
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Unfortunately, there is no way to ignore your co-worker if you have to interact with him or her. I'd recommend just keeping your interaction at a minimum focus on whatever has to be done and tune out everything else. If it were me, I'd just ask the questions and not care about their feelings. Maybe the co worker will simmer down after a few days who knows. If they are irritated, ignore them it can't stay like that forever. 9 times out of 10 they are affected by some other issue going on in their life which has nothing to do with you. Try to move forward don't take it personally.
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There is no easy or hard way to deal with a irritable coworker but a firm and direct approach. If this is an on going situation the best thing for you to do is tell your supervisor. Let the supervisor know about the situation and even asked the supervisor to call a meeting so that the three of you can deal with the situation with out letting it blow out or proportion. By doing this you would have try to resolve the issue asap, without disrupting the office or hurting anyone feelings and emotions. If you feel that it might be a little to fast to tell the supervisor,approach the individual one on one when no one else is there(preferably behind close doors) and let the person know how u feel about his or her actions during work. Let the individual know your not going to stand for the rude behavior and if it persist you will carry your dispute to the supervisor. The best route to use is the supervisor route usually workers will be more responsive to people who are in charge of them. It is not an easy task because you might also jeopardize your relationship with the coworker and also other coworkers if they feel you a threat. It would be best that you nip the situation early in the bud to prevent it from prolonging.
If at all possible I would ignore their irritations and continue to approach them with whatever questions you may have. if they continue to be hesitant in answering your or irritable to a degree that is slowing down your training progress, i would simply ask them if there was anythign your did to upset them. once you get that out the way, you can move forward. best of luck, i know this is an uncomfortable situation but sometimes the person who is moody and irritated doesnt know they are being perceived that way.
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Sounds like the coworker feels like you're a threat.
I dunno what you should do for this case in particular, because there's as many ways of dealing with irritable characters as there are types of human personality, but you *might* try thinking of a way to let it drop that your personal goal is always to go for the job of whoever happens to be the most anti-social person in the office, because, when you get their job, everyone else automatically thinks you're better at it than the person doing it before simply because you're easier to get along with, so you get an instant, automatic career boost.
See if *that* gets him/her to suck in the horns.
I dunno what you should do for this case in particular, because there's as many ways of dealing with irritable characters as there are types of human personality, but you *might* try thinking of a way to let it drop that your personal goal is always to go for the job of whoever happens to be the most anti-social person in the office, because, when you get their job, everyone else automatically thinks you're better at it than the person doing it before simply because you're easier to get along with, so you get an instant, automatic career boost.
See if *that* gets him/her to suck in the horns.
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