I
really would not know how guys relate to their lady bosses, maybe with the
whole opposite sex thing it’s not really that bad for them, but for most women
hell is sweeter!
She
doesn’t even have to be the boss, the fact that she is your senior is good enough
for her to make your life miserable at work, I mean come on! I worked somewhere
once where this girl who was just my senior, not at all the boss, yet, every
chance she got she made sure she made me uncomfortable, belittle every little
thing I did...; I had a thought once that her agenda was to make me quit, she
almost won, but I figured oh let us see where this goes eh.
Another
thing with lady bosses is the erratic mood swings. Being women you know that
tempers can just flare for no apparent reason. It could be that time of the
month, trouble at home or just a moody temperament. Another place I worked at
had me thinking that maybe I just got a bad first impression, or maybe she was
just moody on that particular day, apparently, she was always like that. She
was one of the team leaders; there were two of them actually. At least the
other one would joke with you here and there if she liked you, the other, I was
shocked once when I saw her smiling! Matter of fact, the smile looked odd on
her face. Lol.
The
problem with these kinds of scenarios is that if the lady boss or superior
female workmate decides she does not like you, you are in trouble. The
frustrating thing is that tensions may just rise because of something really
trivial and silly! You may actually be hated on simply because you are
prettier, wittier, slimmer, more educated, appear to be more sophisticated or
classier. At first, it may not even mean anything to you because you are
thinking oh puhleez who does that? And then in time, you figure well, just to
push her buttons, let me do this and that, just to rattle her. And before you
know it, everyday you are having a catfight of sorts. Women!
With
male bosses now, all you’ve got to do is give your best smile and more often
than not, you’ll have him wrapped around your little fingerJ. Yeah,
don’t even go all holy on me because you know it’s true!
Back
to the lady bosses, maybe it’s because they do not want people to think they do
not deserve being where they are or something along those lines. Whatever
reason for their up tightness, they just give women a bad name. Firstly because
now people say all lady bosses and superiors are a problem and secondly, we end
up not supporting our fellow women in power.
We
end up being caught up in very nervous conditions (as Tsitsi Dangarembga would
probably put itJ).
On one hand you want to be supportive of your female bosses and superiors, but
on the other, they don’t make it any easier because all the time you will be
wishing for a male one. Definite lose-lose situation.
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