Honestly, I've been contemplating if I should write something about it or not. But as time passed by, I realized, I become more irritated every time I see that emoji in my messages and I feel the need to pour it out of words. This way, it might lessen the irritation and frustration I've been into since last month.
At first, I just brush it off. In my mind, I just said maybe Miss A was just internalizing everything. But when my period last month hit me so hard, I started getting annoyed by it. I was waiting for the unstable hormones to subside but two weeks later, the annoyance is still there. Then I tell myself maybe it's because of the age gap. But then, the more I think about it, I realized Miss A should've known since she worked much longer than I am.
In a context, I always receive an 🆗 emoji reaction.
Me: Hello, A. Good morning. I added your task to the Trello board. *insert instructions*. Let me know if you have questions.
🆗
Me: Kindly finish it tomorrow so I can check it beforehand. If possible, *insert instructions*.
🆗
There are days that our chat box is full of my messages with her 🆗 emojis only. At that time, my hormones were unstable. Then in the afternoon, that's when the questions start to emerge. So I got carried a little bit and somehow reprimanded her. After a few minutes, I feel bad about it tho.
Antoni kept on telling me I need to understand maybe it was because of the age gap. I'm not sure if it's okay to respond with OK emoji only. I mean, I can't imagine myself doing that to the different project managers, team leaders, and most especially, the CEO!
Well, perhaps, I'm a bit dramatic and sensitive. It's my first time handling someone, who happens to be older than me, so I tried asking a friend of mine who's already a supervisor. I skipped to my previous team leader because I know this kind of reply is a red flag to him. Even my 'Sige2. Okay.' annoy him. That is why I tried my best not to use that and even the 'hehe'.
Anyhow, my friend wants me to confront her if she doesn't have anything to say. Unfortunately, until now, I haven't asked her yet. When I speak to someone older than me, I tend to step back, unless he will do something I don't like at that very moment. But I did take notes.
I need more patience and understanding. I'm positive I can do that and positive as well that I might pour out my thoughts here. Not sure if it's a good thing or not.
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Hmm, di ko siguro matitiis yung emoji na ok, unless nagmamadali sya? Pero muka namang hindi. At least say good mornign back naman. Oh, well. Like I said, I have a short patience pagdating sa work. Sanay ako sa mabilisan ih. Hmm, regarding sa age gap, maybe this is how gen Z reacts?