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This is more just a thought that I felt must be mentioned. For those who don't know, I work at a non-profit agency as a social worker and program coordinator. The work itself is both rewarding and self-directed, making it easy for me to really do my work efficiently and continue a consistent flow. However recently there has been someone who is very much of a SJW basis with a Master's Degree.
She and I always get along relatively well, albeit she is highly sensitive to terminology that is used by clients and coworkers, she is ironically very insensitive to how others feel and how her actions impact others. In this case I have been the chosen target; we are a scent free office now (she is very vocal about non-scented things yet smokes a pack of cigarettes a day). This wasn't a problem until recently. I stopped using my perfume, however, she still feels the need to bother my Executive Director about it and post more signs saying "This is a Scent Free Zone" around the front doors of the office.
Last Friday is when I spoke with my ED about the issue. Problem solved right? Not quite. I came in on Monday (she only works Tuesdays until Thursdays) to see three more of these signs even though I respected the new work policy when it took effect. The reason this started to feel like a trigger for me is due to the long lasting after math from when I was ostracized in a whole community as a teenager; it sent me into a dismissive point, where I felt like I had to be "the mean girl" when I saw those signs. The passive-aggressive signs made me feel like quitting right there. ***On a side note, I and many other workers have witnessed this individual mock clients in front of them simply for disagreeing with her***
I know now it's not a big deal, but it was something that ruined the first half of my work day. All in all, I work with quite a few people in the helping profession who do things to clients like this worker does, while also making it so much harder for client based social workers to continue working on empowering others.
~Adrienne
She and I always get along relatively well, albeit she is highly sensitive to terminology that is used by clients and coworkers, she is ironically very insensitive to how others feel and how her actions impact others. In this case I have been the chosen target; we are a scent free office now (she is very vocal about non-scented things yet smokes a pack of cigarettes a day). This wasn't a problem until recently. I stopped using my perfume, however, she still feels the need to bother my Executive Director about it and post more signs saying "This is a Scent Free Zone" around the front doors of the office.
Last Friday is when I spoke with my ED about the issue. Problem solved right? Not quite. I came in on Monday (she only works Tuesdays until Thursdays) to see three more of these signs even though I respected the new work policy when it took effect. The reason this started to feel like a trigger for me is due to the long lasting after math from when I was ostracized in a whole community as a teenager; it sent me into a dismissive point, where I felt like I had to be "the mean girl" when I saw those signs. The passive-aggressive signs made me feel like quitting right there. ***On a side note, I and many other workers have witnessed this individual mock clients in front of them simply for disagreeing with her***
I know now it's not a big deal, but it was something that ruined the first half of my work day. All in all, I work with quite a few people in the helping profession who do things to clients like this worker does, while also making it so much harder for client based social workers to continue working on empowering others.
~Adrienne
