I got a job at a local 7-Eleven, no more bus, making more than I was as a buffet person, getting more hours, but what I'm really starting
to dislike is the one female I usually work with
Today I had a list of work to do over the next 4 hours, I like to pace myself and take time to do things well
She decides to just go ahead and do my entire list and the entire list of the other guy in the 2 hours she had left, I started and did a little but she moved fast and did the rest
What sucks is I know a list of reasons why she did it
First and foremost: I'm usually the only other female there when she is and I'm new, younger, more attractive, smarter, in much better physical condition, and have less time restrictions so I'm obviously some sort of a threat
she's seen guys come in and acknowledge that they like me, 2 which are fairly attractive black men which probably has something to do with it because she's also black and the type of street, poor, city black person
Secondly: our manager is male and it seems like she sucks up on a regular basis, it also seems like she tries the I'm an attractive female thing, but no, not really
I'm stuck dealing with her for an hour tomorrow and she'll probably just bitch about how she did all my work, tell the manager that I did none of it and she did all of it (again, the threat/competition aspect), which, in turn, if he's not smart enough to realize it, which hopefully he is, makes me look bad
It also brings in another dimension: every human needs attention from other humans, some more than others
She's got 6 kids at home and probably feels consummed by their needs, giving them attention, allowing them to feel appreciated and not gettingg very much of that herself so she bitches and does the work designated to others to try and get that attention
The attention dimension could also be used with the competition/threat aspect, where as there is only one other female employee and our assistant manager who's a female she has more competition for attention from the males
I'm also just a child and I look considerably younger than I am so it's also coming apparent that she goes into the dreaded "mom mode" when going to communicate with me even though I'm smarter and more educated than she is, at least in the academic sense
The thing that I don't like is how most adults who aren't your friend think your psychological opinion has no value without the fancy piece of paper so it's kind of hard to fix situations like that even though I'm probably pretty close to right, if not exactly right about what's happening
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