Earlier, I heard my ex-boss on a heated call with her significant other… I guess they were talking about $$ and about what bills are coming out when. Here are a few things she said:
- “Why didn’t you tell me this 2 weeks ago??”
- “No, you’re just avoiding it just like you avoid everything else!!”
- “Well, I can’t change it if I don’t know what the hell is going on.”
- “Is there anything else you’re going to tell me??”
- “Are you going to be home Friday?”
- “Well, I NEED TO KNOW….. I just don’t want to be there when everyone else is there.”
- “I need to know if I can go home or not!!”
- “Ok. Yeah. Fine!” ::Click!!:: (Well, SLAM is more like it.)
After the call, she goes, “OH MY GOOOOOODDDDD!!!” And I could kinda hear her crying.
Now, I like a good drama just like anyone else, but honestly, I’m not sure how bad I feel for her. We are in EXTREMELY close quarters I am actually irritated she’s *invited* the entire department into her personal life by talking about it out in the open. Not only is it unprofessional, but it’s distracting to the rest of us. And her outbursts are uncalled for. (We have phone rooms for privacy, and she should have taken advantage of those.)
I’ve personally never been through a nasty break up like that; however, I have known several people (namely, 2 of my hairdressers) to go through nasty divorces, but keep it under wraps, as in, I had no idea until years later. They never once made the environment unprofessional for uncomfortable or me, nor did they bring their personal problems to our appointments. My ex-boss could really take a lesson from them to understand the difference between what is appropriate and not appropriate to “share” out in the open.
I realize this hasn’t escalated to anything crazy, like her significant other showing up with a gun, but it’s been going on for at least a week and today I’m fed up and needed to vent.
Does anyone else have any nightmare break-up stories to share?
