Gracy Bee

My Colleagues

Posted on June 12th, 2007 by GracyBee.
Categories: General.

Working in the airport has their plus and minus points. Hey, isn’t that the same everywhere right?

We have thousands of people working under one roof and under different shifts, and so it is common that you would not get to know or see one another, or others you can to see only once in a while. Because of these, it is quite common not to associate with them as much as you like. As you might guess it, a smile or a hi-bye greeting is the most we do when we see someone we know. Thus, it is a blessing to know someone not from your batch and remain close. N and F, you are a gem.

This post come about when it come to issues regarding my batch members. There is a chinese saying 日久见人心 (As time goes by, get to see the true colours of a person)。Don’t get me wrong. I still treat them like my friends. After all, who else but your batch members are the closest to me? We trained together, share the happy and sad moments together at work, getting together during our rare same break/ shift time together. At least, that was the case during our early days of going solo at work.

However, I couldn’t help but notice the change of behaviour in some from my batch. That is, coldness towards me and F and we don’t have a clue what happened that resulted the change of behaviour. There is a reason for F, which I and F think is childish. As for me, I was stunned as I couldn’t think of a reason or time I have offended her. First, we don’t work the same shift, which mean we don’t even get to see each other at all, perhaps one or two days. Second, I never have same flights with her, and lastly never get to see her after/ before work and never go out together So all that translated to near to NIL communication between both of us. SO why the change of behaviour? Her cousin was in the same shift as me, but we also rarely share time together, and so what the reason??? THAT IS STRANGE ISN’T IT?

This is not unfamiliar to me. I have faced with such treatment while I was still in school, and so I expected what is to come. Previously I was at the loss what happened as I loved all my friends dearly. However after much experience with it where I eventually knew what happened, I coped a lot better this time and seriously don’t even bothered with such friendship anymore. So they ignored me, I ignored them too.

My personal thoughts: I  can understand such incidents happened in school due to our age and maturity, but at work place?? I’m quite disappointed to know that. People are telling me: this is normal and exist in all work place. But can there be someone who think like: this is not normal? they don’t want healthy competition? They can’t handle this situation rationally rather than throwing tantrum, exchange strong words? Strange huh?

I am quite amazed that though it happened in different time, the whole situation is just the photocopy of each other. So I might have a clue what have happened, but heck not the fault of mine.

I still treat them as my friends. Hey: JUST MY HI-BYE FRIENDS. They don’t deserve my time as I prefer to direct my energy, time and smile to my other dear friends who love me for what I am and I do love them the same too.

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