With her aggressive personality, I know I need to be very careful so as not to incur her wrath.
I have a co-worker who consistently spreads misinformation in order to get out of doing her job. She often makes up policies that don’t exist to try to trick other departments into doing her work .
Since we work in the same department, it makes my job much more difficult when I have to explain to others what the real policies are. I’m unsure of how to respond when co-workers ask me why they’ve heard differently from what I tell them. I don’t want to speak negatively about my co-worker, but she is being untruthful.
She beat the cancer, but then spiraled into mental instability -- drinking, hospitalizations, etc. One couple in our group eventually ghosted Jenna, saying she was “high-maintenance, too much drama.” Slowly, others did the same. But it incenses me when our other friends occasionally furrow a brow, put on a sad face and ask, “And how is Jenna doing?” I realize that snarling, “Maybe you could call her and find out!” would be impolite. What could I say that would convey my annoyance with their performative “concern” about our mutual friend they abandoned -- without being rude myself?Say that you had lunch with her the other day and offer to share her contact information.
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