Need Some Support And Input Today

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#1 Mar 30 - 8PM
mystwoman
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Need Some Support And Input Today

I think the last strand on my already fraying tether is looking mighty thin today. As some of you know, I still work with xnh in the office right next door to him (for now). Quite frankly I totally hate it, and have now put in three complaints and requests to move my office with management. Xnh will NOT leave me alone, and seems to be doing his utmost best to be as obnoxious and offensive to me at work as he possible can.

In addition, until three weeks ago, I had a mutual friend with xnh that simply will NOT stop talking about xnh around me. Everything I say also goes directly back to xnh through this guy. I have repeatedly asked him to stop all of this behavior and told him how much it bothers me. Because of this, I have distanced myself from him, and do not discuss anything even remotely personal anywhere near him because of his "security leak" (aka, big, fat mouth).

Last week, I left for vacation with my sister (and I had a wonderful time). However, before I left, xnh walked into my office even though he's been expressly forbidden to have any contact with me by management at work. Xnh came in while I was at my desk working and said, "I don't mean to bother you" (yes, he did or he wouldn't have done it) "but I just wanted to say that I'm sorry I hurt you, and I DO miss you." I know this a direct result of the mutual friend telling xnh about a private conversation I'd previously had with the mutual friend. In short, xnh was coming into my office to give me two messages: a) I'll walk in here to harass you anytime I want no matter what management tells me, and b) everything you say to the mutual friend is told to me. So nanny, nanny, poo, poo.

I immediately reported xnh (again) to management. Only this time, I decided it was the third complaint and I went higher up the chain of command. In addition, I requested that my office be moved away from xnh a third time. This is now getting serious attention from upper management, and supposedly my office is moving to another floor away from xnh next week. YES! Hallelujah!!!!

However, after I arrived back from my vacation today, I heard from my office mate that the mutual friend AND XNH came into my office, while I was gone, to announce to this guy that our office is moving. My office mate knew nothing about any move at the time. He was blind-sided. In addition, The mutual friend and xnh told him that he doesn't have to move...only me. This brazen intrusion into my department and my job infuriates me completely. They are both so out of line and unprofessional with this that it's unreal. Neither the mutual friend or xnh are in my chain of command in any way, and had absolutely NO business interfering with my department (and employees) during my absence. This was an announcement that my supervisor was planning to make to my office mate AFTER I came back from vacation, and after he'd discussed the final plans with me first. I am absolutely livid (and so is my supervisor) that xnh and this mutual friend butted into MY job position, and the mutual friend is basically spoon feeding xnh (who's harassing behavior is the REASON I must move my office). Xnh has been told NO CONTACT with me on company property by management. Xnh and the mutual friend stood right in my office and interfered when they knew I was temporarily out of the picture. A*sholes.

Therefore, I spent all morning today in my supervisor's office lodging my complaint about this intrusion, and then in the upper management's offices about it during the afternoon. They are definitely getting my office moved, and do admit that I'm currently in a hostile work environment because of xnh. In addition, this "mutual friend" has now crossed a big line in my book. I'm literally chafing about this whole mess, and have been all day. Right now, I'm so frustrated that I really needed to get it out, and see what someone besides myself thinks about this situation (specifically about xnh and the mutual friend intruding into my job while I'm out of town).

I hate for xnh to get any kind of reaction out of me, but right now, I'd really like to punch xnh and the "mutual friend" right in the face, and I really, really, really wish I never had to see either one of them ever again. The "mutual friend" is no longer either "mutual" or a "friend" to me. I take my employment VERY seriously, and now I feel that xnh (with the encouragement of the mutual friend) is trying to hurt my ability to do my job. I'm, also, relatively sure xnh would dearly LOVE to ruin me in any way he can (even though HE dumped ME). He's a vindictive sh*t. I, also, do think that management moving my office will remove me from xnh's proximity. They are trying to help me with this. However, right now I'm ANGRY.

Mar 31 - 8AM
Hunter
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Mystwoman

You've done what you can, narcs never stop, however if you keep complaining to Mgnt it's going to backfire, Something's you are going to have to suck up! Move your office and see what happens! I agree they have no right to go snooping but they are master manipulators, be very careful! Think before you act! Idealk
Mar 31 - 9AM (Reply to #5)
mystwoman
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Thanks Idealk. Yes, I know

Thanks Idealk. Yes, I know that complaining to management will backfire. My immediate supervisors have been very supportive, but I kind of think they were trying to take the "path of least resistance", and wait to move me until one of our projects ends. They were putting my complain off until there is more room in the building with more offices available. However, xnh and his minion are not going to stop digging at me any time soon. It's been 10 months since the divorce, and after what my supervisor refers to as "constant needling", I'm to a point where I simply can't take any more. Therefore, I went higher up the management ladder this time because I really need something done about my work environment soon. I can't wait for the project to end, because I'm likely to throttle xnh and mutual friend on the job before an office opens up. The upper manager was very sympathetic to my situation when I approached her, and she said that she's actually expected a request to move either xnh or I for some time now. She knows that having two spouses working in offices next door to each other is not a good situation, and two divorce spouses is really volatile. I feel very much that I'm treading in a mine field at work every day. Xnh and the mutual friend are (I feel) goading me toward an explosion. Then xnh could sit back like a prince and say, "See!!! See, what I had to live with. She's just an emotional mess, and I'VE DONE NOTHING." I don't intend to give him that satisfaction. You are absolutely correct, xnh is a master manipulator...and he's a snake as well. Thus, moving to another floor will make me not so available for torment, and management has already said they're planning to tell xnh that he's not allowed anywhere near my work area once I'm relocated. I'm hoping for the best with this, but I'm still very much keeping my guard up for xnh's next "attempt". Sad to say, they never seem to stop.

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Mar 31 - 12PM (Reply to #6)
Happy1
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mysterywoman

Just remember that the narcs make US look like the crazy one's. Be careful for your own job.
Mar 31 - 7AM
mystwoman
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I guess sleep is a wonderful

I guess sleep is a wonderful thing. lol. I'm still pretty upset this morning, but at least I made it through the night without nightmares about xnh. In addition, xnh and the mutual friend are apparently going to be talked to by management, and told they are not allowed anywhere near my work area. My supervisor is not pleased that they intruded into a situation that is absolutely none of their business that was already being worked on using proper procedures by me. I'll take whatever help I can get with this mess, at this point. :)

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Mar 31 - 12PM (Reply to #2)
spinning
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myst, I wish

I had something great to say that would make all this go away or be better, but I don't. I agree with Ideal and I know you've got a good handle on this. I just wanted to check in and support you. You have always been very supportive and helpful and I want you to know I've appreciated it and am grateful. Hopefully this will pass and in your new office things will be more 'narc free' (as Ideal would say!!) sincerely (slowing down again from) spinning

spinning

Mar 31 - 2PM (Reply to #3)
mystwoman
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Thanks Happy and Spinning. I

Thanks Happy and Spinning. I really appreciate your support. I know that xnh would dearly love to make me look like an insane loon from Hell (even though he's actually a lot closer in reality - lol). I've been with this company for 19 years now, and my job is very important to me. I've worked hard on my career LONG before I met xnh. Contrary to what xnh thinks or says, I am a valued and respected employee around here in my own right. I have the complete support of my supervisors with this office move, and with my harassment complaints so far. My immediate boss even lived with xnh many, many years ago, and fully knows what he's really like under his superficial "illusion". He'd tried to help xnh financially, and then he discovered (just like me) that xnh is a hopeless cause. Xnh is only worried about xnh, and he's a mooch. This past 16 years, xnh temporarily took my self-esteem, made me doubt myself, and hurt my ability to trust (not to mention that he broke my heart and crapped all over it). He gets to take NO MORE nasty bites out of my soul ever again. Ruining my job or my career is not an option. I'm hopeful that my new office will be much more of a "Narc Free" Zone than my current office. He has no business in my new work area whatsoever, and if I report his presence management will reprimand him for his behavior. The first step is to get away from xnh and the mutual friend. My ultimate goals are to move on with my healing, and focus on my job while I'm at work. I'm fed up with the daily narc crap in my life.

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God sometimes removes a person from your life for your protection. Don't run after them.