I have no words.
By Karen from Blah Blah Bklyn
March 30, 2010
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Except maybe WTF??? A coworker - someone I've been sitting near for just a handful of months, but with whom I have never once discussed the D or anything of that ilk - just sent me this email:So my general doctor left the city and I need to see a doctor soon. I know you have an array of doctors.Also, do you have an ear, eye nose, throat doctor? I think I have a sinus infection.Thank you,I have no idea where to begin. Obviously, she has been listening in on phone calls/appointments I've been making. I'm not shy about diabetes and my pump is readily visible, but I do not discuss doctors or my meetings with them with anyone outside of our little diabetic community or my close friends and family. And wth is up with the word choice? "Array of doctors" - like they're some cute, rainbow collection of shoes I have because they're just so irresistible? Or the fact that, because I have to deal with doctors and my health so much, clearly I would also have an ENT - I mean, someone as diseased as I am must have visited every specialist known to mankind at least once, right?I'm sure I'm overreacting (maybe it's the crap weather?), but at the moment I'm just agog.Goal for today: more cheerful post later!
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Add your commentI do well when I am not living at home. I am so emotionally abused by my family (husband and children) that my medical rating escalate. I get depressed, stomach problems which the doctor can not find a cause. No one understands why I pray for God to provide a job for me on another continent. I have told my family how they make me feel but they make it clear it does not matter. I have spent too much time considering them so I ready to move. Any suggestions on a country that would be good to move to?
Really? That's your reaction to someone who reaches out to you for help? Someone who is a co-worker and (theoretically, at least) is there to help make the company (and therefore possibly you) more successful?
Wow!
Fair Winds,
Mike
I think you are awsome for reckonizing that you may be a little sensitive, however your "neighbor" really is only trying to be nice and helpfull. Maybe use your own phone on break time outside or in your car so your conversations are not heard? They still had no right to say anything about it. Good thing it was in an e-mail and not in front of everyone?
Much ado about nothing !
Politely dismiss this person and move on, not worth your precious time !
~Mays~
oooh! eaves droppers don't ya lov'em! Just don't respond and return the email as unread. Nosey bodies have nothing better than to put their noses where they don't belong and think that they are helping when it actually makes you feel violated. e.g. I never spoke with you so how do you know so much about me. For future references, don't make appointments while she is around wait for her to go to lunch when she is not around to eaves drop and/or do it on your lunch when she is not around. It makes everything more personal and private. So sorry for your frustration and hope that :) will help.
Or, maybe just tell her she needs to pay better attention to your calls. You called the ENT last week, but left the info at home.
"I have several doctors for sexually transmitted diseases but no ENT … I wish I could help you … by the way, were you did you first hear about my "troubles?"" … great way to close out any further questions and find the source of new rumors!!! :) … Keep smiling… it keeps 'em guessing!!!
ROFLOL ok i hear ur frustration here!!!! Its just the way u worded it, made me LOL…but seriously, that IS pretty insulting and rude thing for her to do…I guess as nicely as possible i would tell her that an ENT is the ONE kind of doctor u DONT have and she will have to find her own…maybe a little subtle sarcasm will get your point across