So, I have a coworker who drives me insane because they are disorganized and they talk too much and won’t let me finish the work they ask me to do. She’s incredibly needy and calls me and texts me every 5 minutes. I am quiet. A person of few words and have quite a lot of patience but sometimes my passive aggressiveness comes out when this person loses their marbles because they can’t upload something on their computer even when I try to help them. I seem to end up doing all their work, all the technical stuff and all the calming down. Then they snap at me when I try to help them. This person is driving me insane. I have never worked with anyone so needy, hysterical, and lack knowledge of most simplest things ever. She has more “experience “ than I do but I feel like I am being more a nanny than her assistant. She’s driving me crazy and I am about snap. I’ve tried letting her know in a very nice manner that we need to be organized if we are going to work together (make to do lists, send emails with important info instead of calls every 5mins), plus we all have private lives, right? I can’t be on the phone every time she has a breakdown. Whenever I ignore her texts, the following day she acts up. How the hell do I handle someone like this? I’ve worked with all kinds of people but never anyone so needy and inept. Sorry for the long post but I really needed to vent out.
