When I got a job after a long "free flight" period, my friends prepared to regret me-and were surprised when I showed up at the girlish bridal party.
They did not believe me:
- And who complained that he was not able to keep a clear schedule day after day, who was going through, how would he join the unfamiliar collective?
- Not so full of full time as it is painted! - I laughed. - A clear schedule may vary. With the authorities you can agree amicably. And in the team to work even more fun than alone with a monitor and cactus! Live people and help, and cheer, and "diet" cake will treat ...
"Honeymoon" with the new work lasted about six months. Once I found the department in the collection with plastic cups in hand. I was introduced to a miniature lady with a short haircut: "This is our Anna, right from the decree! Now you will have less blockages, dance!" I knew that there were two designers in the firm before, but for the last year and a half the management has economized and did not take the replacement "retired for pregnancy". It's good that the course of the boss's thoughts has changed and the load will be divided into two! I proclaimed a toast "for making the office more fun." Has spoiled! ..
Clash of the Titans
No wonder the young colleague was represented by the full name: Anna was a proud girl, categorically did not respond to the diminutive options. But behind her eyes came up with prickly nicknames. It seems that not everyone is madly happy about the return of the second designer ... I learned the details of the coffee machine in the corridor. Before my arrival, our department was "commanded" by Peter Alekseevich. Despite the royal name, this middle-aged man did not show fighting qualities on his post. Work under his leadership proceeded as to whom God will put his soul on soul. Who tried himself - showed the upper class, who was lazy - gave out a hack. The Chief Chef himself did not raise the hand to dismiss his wife's relative, who did a lot for the family. A "cunning move" was made: organizational functions were handed over to the smart and active Polina, and Alekseevich remained only a decorative "zave" and was removed from important decisions.
Anna is one of the workaholics. Alekseevich did not prevent her from implementing the most creative ideas. But when the young mother left the baby to her grandmothers and hurried back to her favorite business, she discovered "a man above himself", very much indifferent to the working process, with his vision of every detail - and the concept of "creative" in general ... Do I need to explain, why did the fighting unfold between Anna and Polina?
I did not expect that because of some shade of blue or the size of an asterisk on a leaflet, one can so desperately attack the neighbor. I'm an executive person. The layout I made is not suitable - I can remake. And then she found the scythe on the stone! Pauline does not like the product that "produces" Anna. And she does not like the guidelines!
In the epicenter
Now we can shoot the series. Or an action movie. In the office from the morning noise, in the air the smell of valerian, the door is beating with electricity. And my computer is just in the middle, in the center of these Pompeii. And they pull me like a rope. The left ear has to listen to Polina's indignation: "You saw what she did! Tell me how it can be accepted ?!" Anna's protests are poured into the right: "Look what she wrote to me, these are impossible requirements, are not they?" This, of course, is not my function - the mediation between the warring parties, but one can not stay away. You need to express your opinion. And I do not want to take sides! I, perhaps, are a pacifist by conviction ... However, my attempts to defuse the atmosphere in the spirit of Leopold: "Guys, let's live in peace! At my monitor from your business negotiations already a nervous tic begins!" - does not work. Where to get the qualification of not only the designer, but also the peacemaker? Or learn to abstract and look at the storms around with the expression of a bronze Buddha? Or ... How else to keep your nerves in such proximity to military conditions?