Playing a different role

[ms.peachy]

The male/female bosses thread made me think of this - it's not exactly related, only that it's a workplace situation.

For me, at work, I get to pretty much be just me, except that I'm a heck of a lot more patient, supportive and plain old 'nice' (ie, a lot less sarcastic) than I am in general. I mean, I teach kids with lots of problems and stuff, so it's all about them and not about me, and I've got to rein it in a bit and be all compassionate and nurturing and stuff. But basiacally it's still me, and they're teenagers, so I still get to be rather cheeky and jokey.

On the other hand, mr.peachy and the bloke who is sort of the 'senior associate' with him, they have this sort of good cop - bad cop routine that they work with the team that works under them. The thing that cracks me up is, mr.p is the "bad" cop, the heavy. He's the one who comes down harder, is more demanding, and just generally more of a dick, whereas his mate, let's call him Jack, is the 'nice guy' who smooths everything over after mr.p's had a rant at everybody or whatever. It's so funny to me to sit with them at the pub and listen to them talk about it and have a laugh, and/or make plans for how they're going to handle something the next day or whatever. Because outside the office, mr.p is like, such a non-confrontational, easygoing guy, whereas Jack - god bless him - is a right Geordie bastard by nature. It's almost like they switch personalities on the job or something.

Anyone else know someone (maybe yourself?) whose work character is way different from their "offstage" persona?

[mickill]

I come across as very serious and devoid of much of a sense of humor at work. I think that kinda speaks volumes right there.

I'm not clear what exactly you do for a living, ms. p. I thought you were some kind of a mad scientist or something.

[ms.peachy]

I'm not clear what exactly you do for a living, ms. p. I thought you were some kind of a mad scientist or something.
My job is weird. It's a bit like it's in two parts. Part of what I do is I have something like a 'virtual classroom' and I work with kids who have been kicked out of school (behavior problems), or can't go to school (long term illness, temporarily homeless, pregnant), or won't go to school (phobic, have been bullied) as part of a closed, online learning community teaching basic high school science kind of stuff - bio, chem, physics, etc. The other part is, I help research and write educational resource material in the sciences. Thing for textbooks sometimes, more often though materials for teachers to use with pupils at the museum where I work, based on items in our collection or special exhibitions that are on or IMAX features or whatever.

That clarify things a bit?

[mickill]

And this is one job? What's your job title, Chief Instructional Counsellor Research Analyst & Coordinator for Baked Goods?

[Loppfessor]

Damnit I was hoping this thread would be about Mr/Mrs Peachy's role playing games in the bedroom...

[ms.peachy]

And this is one job? What's your job title, Chief Instructional Counsellor Research Analyst & Coordinator for Baked Goods?
Something nearly as ridiculous, actually. Education Internet Resource Developer, Curriculum Specialist.

Rolls right off the tongue, eh?

Lopp - sorry to disappoint you. Maybe another thread, for another day.

[mickill]

Yeah see, when your job title 1) requires a comma 2) necessitates a breath in the middle of telling people and 3) takes more than 2.5 seconds to say, you've got too much on your plate.

[ms.peachy]

Yeah see, when your job title 1) requires a comma 2) necessitates a breath in the middle of telling people and 3) takes more than 2.5 seconds to say, you've got too much on your plate.
Yeah I know it's a ridiculous title. It came with the job, wasn't my idea. What I think happened was, they had 3 small jobs and wanted to combine them into 1 full time position. So someone in HR had to come up with something and that's the best they could do.

Occasionally it occurs to me that I should try to think of something better and have it changed, but since I almost never have occasion to tell it to anybody anyway (I always just say "I'm in educational resources"), I forget until things like this come up.

All the kids just call me "dat lady what does them science fings", anyway.

[mickill]

You could just have it changed to Edunetredeviculist, as well.

[Documad]

I definitely play different roles.

I can't control it all the time, but there are moments when I'm in a tight situation at work, and I channel my friend who is really good at confronting people. It's almost a "talk to the hand" thing, but slightly more professional. It's oddly satisfying. She has this whole "I'm going to assume that you don't know that you've been offensive and so I'm going to bring this to your attention and give you a chance to correct it" thing that has really worked. Once, I did it to an opponent during a break and after the break he completely threw in the towel.

[fucktopgirl]

A lot of psychologists say that we all have a different "face" depending on who we are around. For example, we act different around our parents than we do our friends. We act different on a job interview than we do at work.


like the psy said in thr MASK MOVIE,we where a mask!hehe

[Audio.]

The male/female bosses thread made me think of this - it's not exactly related, only that it's a workplace situation.

For me, at work, I get to pretty much be just me, except that I'm a heck of a lot more patient, supportive and plain old 'nice' (ie, a lot less sarcastic) than I am in general. I mean, I teach kids with lots of problems and stuff, so it's all about them and not about me, and I've got to rein it in a bit and be all compassionate and nurturing and stuff. But basiacally it's still me, and they're teenagers, so I still get to be rather cheeky and jokey.

On the other hand, mr.peachy and the bloke who is sort of the 'senior associate' with him, they have this sort of good cop - bad cop routine that they work with the team that works under them. The thing that cracks me up is, mr.p is the "bad" cop, the heavy. He's the one who comes down harder, is more demanding, and just generally more of a dick, whereas his mate, let's call him Jack, is the 'nice guy' who smooths everything over after mr.p's had a rant at everybody or whatever. It's so funny to me to sit with them at the pub and listen to them talk about it and have a laugh, and/or make plans for how they're going to handle something the next day or whatever. Because outside the office, mr.p is like, such a non-confrontational, easygoing guy, whereas Jack - god bless him - is a right Geordie bastard by nature. It's almost like they switch personalities on the job or something.

Anyone else know someone (maybe yourself?) whose work character is way different from their "offstage" persona?
cosmic.
Just my dad. Hardworker at work lazy ass at home.
I'm just a kid at work. I act like a thirteen year old during battles. Its a graff thing. I love it though. Everyone acts like a dick to each other untill we start bombing walls or carts/ trains thats when people gives us props. I have many personas none that are so bad.

[Mr. Boomin'Granny]

matt's the kind of guy that is exactly who he is all the time, and he's very genuine. i love that about him.

but when i'm at work, i'm the super-smiley, super-friendly, i-really-care-about-your-life-you-have-a-FANTASTIC-day cashier/vitamin aisle person. that's really the only way to be in retail. otherwise you get dirty looks or people complaining about your attitude. you have to bend over backwards to make someone happy just to keep your job. it sucks, but it's the truth. i've even had people complain about me before because of some misunderstanding on their part, when i was honestly doing nothing but serving them as earnestly as i could.

whereas normally i wouldn't give a second thought if you fell on a sharp knife.

god damnit, steger left himself logged in again. this is cosmo.

[zippo]

^
that reminded me of that old movie with the blonde guy who gets inside this other guys body real tiny through some kind of little spaceship they had made

[cosmo105]

INNERSPACE!!

[jennyb]

Ha! Cosmo that was goofy!

I wish I could filter myself sometimes. I act (at least I think) the same no matter what. I try to be all professional and stuff and it lasts all of a few minutes before I crack myself up. Kinda like who am I kiddin! I'm pretty animated at times and I think it confuses some in the workplace.

[cosmo105]

not the first time that's happpened :o

[Lindsey_1535]

I was very concerned when matt was talking in third peron and about vitamins.

[jennyb]

I know I was all... sheesh, those 2 crazy kids need to separate once in awhile!

[cosmo105]

speaking of being nice to customers, i almost killed a woman today. seriously. in all my years of retail, she was by far the rudest customer i've ever had to deal with. i've never been so close to physically harming someone like that. i turned bright right. i hope she gets a mean case of food poisoning and her butt falls off so she can't sit down on the toilet and has to aim from a few feet away and soils her whole bathroom.

[TurdBerglar]

i hope she gets a mean case of food poisoning and her butt falls off so she can't sit down on the toilet and has to aim from a few feet away and soils her whole bathroom.


you don't need you ass to fall off to have that happen. :(


when i was about ten i had this real bad stomach bug and i was shitting and pukeing constantly for a couple of days. one night i awoke with the puke sweats and so i wondered to the bathroom. im kneeling down by the toilet who by know i've made good friends with. toilets get a bad rap but they're good souls. anyways i feel the pressure building up. i start pukeing and heaving. and the pressure from the heaving i guess was too much than exhausted anus could handle. that's right. as i was bending over and pukeing into the toilet my anus ruptured from to much pressure. the shit(i don't even think it was even shit. it looked like translucent liguid with shit particles in it) rocketed out my ass hit the medicine cabenet mirror, pinged of that and splattered fuckn' everywhere. i ust whiped the mess up with a shit load of towels and took a shower and went to bed.

my parents wouldn't make eye contact me the next day. :mad:

[fucktopgirl]

that is a "shitty" story

[cosmo105]

HOHOHO! BECAUSE HE'S TALKING ABOUT SHIT! HAHAHAH!

[fucktopgirl]

HOHOHO! BECAUSE HE'S TALKING ABOUT SHIT! HAHAHAH!

youre quick :D

[TurdBerglar]

hey! she's foreign. it's not her fault

[fucktopgirl]

who's the foreigner
that is the question

[fucktopgirl]

fuck it dead here

[zippo]

INNERSPACE!!

YES!

[iceygirl]

my work personna is completely different than how i am in my personal life