[xxpaigiexx]

Hey,

I work in an office, we are a really small team of six. I really like all of the people I work with, don't get me wrong but one of the women I work with seems to like to be intentionally difficult. One of my daily jobs is to sort out a rota for what we are all doing the following day (which is an idea that she originally wanted to implement). For the past few years it's been my responsibility to arrange and for the most part no one moans or complains. I try to make it as fair as I possibly can. We were all just having a general chit-chat earlier and one girl jokingly said that we should just scrap having a rota because some don't pay attention to it. Then this other woman just basically says that I gave her a ton of work the other day and it was too much, but pretty much everyone else said it was a manageable work load. On this particular day we had someone out of the office on a course so there was bound to be a little more work for everyone. I used to manage the rota according to what I thought people could get done based on all of our strengths and weaknesses, but my manager told me I should make it more equal which I have been trying to do. I explained to the woman that we were one person short so it was necessary for everyone to take on a slightly bigger work load than usual.

I just feel like I shouldn't have to justify myself. I really had to control my temper earlier. She works slower than majority of us and really takes her time on everything, but that isn't anyone's fault. There are times when she turns her phone off so she gets no calls whilst she's trying to get her own work done without consulting the rest of the team leaving us struggling. Earlier today she was out of the office for an appointment which was approved by the manager, fair enough. I allocated her work for the afternoon to allow some breathing space for this. She didn't turn up into the office until 1'o clock which is our lunch period, instead of coming straight in and getting on with her work she walked off and took a personal phone call delaying some of our lunch breaks and probably while in the kitchen eating her own lunch. I get the fact that she struggles more, but instead of bitching and moaning maybe she should tell management she isn't managing her work load, which to be honest is not more than anyone else is able to do, nor something I wouldn't actually allocate myself to do. I feel like I can't win.

I know if she makes another comment I am liable to really lose my temper and probably result in me getting myself in trouble.

Thanks guys.
Paige