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Life Advice / Problem at Work. Advice Request
« on: October 31, 2016, 01:27:56 am »
I recently got hired as a stock clerk at the grocery store equivalent of Ned Flanders, and I think I just fucked it up a little. l tend to be a bit snarky by nature, but this job requires me to be nice to customers and coworkers constantly and I actually really like it--first job I have ever had where I like more than half the people I work with. It isn't the job I would ever want for life, but I am going to be in school for the next couple of years and I think I could do quite well here in that time(they only promote from within, and the pay raises and benefits are generous).
So...a coworker and I were blocking aisles before closing time (pull product to the front of the shelves and make sure the label is facing out) and a female coworker from another department came by and asked us if we would restock some stuff for her because she wanted to leave early. I said I didn't mind, but it was up to my partner (I am down with mildly padding my paycheck and earning favors, but I am not down with signing someone else up for work if they don't want it). He didn't say anything and just giggled as she dumped the stuff in our cart and left. After she left and he stopped giggling he clearly was not happy with the situation.
Anyway...I felt shitty about the situation and the H.R. person was walking by and I told them about the situation and they said they would talk to her. In retrospect I feel like this was a shitty thing for me to do (both because it makes me look like a childish tattle-tail, and because I can't really think of any kind of positive social outcome if the H.R. person talks to her).
Social situations confuse me enough already, and I just want to be the positive guy at work that doesn't have to deal with drama or bullshit. Can I just not think about this anymore (what are the odds it will just blow over without any ramifications if I do nothing)? Should I try and talk to the H.R. person and tell them not to talk to her? In the future if a coworker asks me to do them a favor that would also involve someone else working with me doing extra work, should I just say "no" instead of leaving it up to my partner?
So...a coworker and I were blocking aisles before closing time (pull product to the front of the shelves and make sure the label is facing out) and a female coworker from another department came by and asked us if we would restock some stuff for her because she wanted to leave early. I said I didn't mind, but it was up to my partner (I am down with mildly padding my paycheck and earning favors, but I am not down with signing someone else up for work if they don't want it). He didn't say anything and just giggled as she dumped the stuff in our cart and left. After she left and he stopped giggling he clearly was not happy with the situation.
Anyway...I felt shitty about the situation and the H.R. person was walking by and I told them about the situation and they said they would talk to her. In retrospect I feel like this was a shitty thing for me to do (both because it makes me look like a childish tattle-tail, and because I can't really think of any kind of positive social outcome if the H.R. person talks to her).
Social situations confuse me enough already, and I just want to be the positive guy at work that doesn't have to deal with drama or bullshit. Can I just not think about this anymore (what are the odds it will just blow over without any ramifications if I do nothing)? Should I try and talk to the H.R. person and tell them not to talk to her? In the future if a coworker asks me to do them a favor that would also involve someone else working with me doing extra work, should I just say "no" instead of leaving it up to my partner?