Your Officemates

Some things are really unavoidable in all companies, big and small. At first, everything is okay. Your workmates are fine,your boss is nice, everyone plays fair. Then suddenly the antagonists enter the scene and you are left on your own. Either these are your old workmates who show their true colors or are some new people arriving to wreck your peaceful office life. I've been in several organizations and this is quite noticeable. There are people of all these kinds you will find in every workplace.

1. The Gossip. Every workplace comes with this person. She befriends you. You confide in her. You tell her office secrets you know. You tell her how you feel about your stupid boss. She eagerly listens. She gives you advice. The next thing you know, she's spilling the beans on everyone and you are left feeling betrayed. And you can't do anything about it because you trusted the wrong person.

2. The Geek. She is often on her own. She works hard and initiates to do work not even her own. She is often noticed to propose great ideas which usually are rejected because they're too complicated or just simply weird. You find yourself at times enduring what she has to say although the only thing you would really want to do is for her to shut up.

3. The Whiner. She has found every single thing thing she sees worth complaining. She complains about the working hours. She complains about the work load. She complains about the salary. She complains about the boss. She complains about everything but never has had the guts to submit a resignation paper to simply end her unendurable complaining.

4. The Fake Authority. She simply exudes power. She is not your boss but she feels she is. She dictates what you should do. She orders you to follow her. She feels she has the proper authority to tell off people. She is worse than the real boss.

5. The Pretender. She knows timing. She is seen to be very busy when the boss is around. When she feels no one can see her, she talks on the phone for hours. She surfs the internet and chats. But when the boss is around she immediately transforms into a model employee.

6. The Sucker. She tails the boss frequently. She follows only the boss's orders. She listens to every single thing the boss says and heeds whatever she is told. She is the boss's extended eyes and ears. She tells the boss what she feels will make her remain in the boss's good books.

7. The No-Care-At-All. She does not mind every single thing happening all around her. She does not care what others say about her. She does not care about rules and news and gossips. She doesn't care about anything at all. She arrives in the morning and does her own thing, the whole day sitting alone not minding her surroundings, leaves the office in the afternoon and repeats the same routine everyday.

These are kinds of people you will find in every work place. We may even relate to some of them but some are the persons you actually see in the office everyday. They are the people that makes up the thriving working community we live in everyday.