My coworker has some serious issues

[Deleted]

So I am going to try to make this as short as possible and still convey how dumbfounded I was.

I came to work this morning to a crowd of 3 -4 coworkers surrounding the cubicle directly opposite mine. It turns out my cubicle neighbor was curled up under her desk sobbing. I just moved to this cubicle on Monday so I am not particularly close to cubicle neighbor.

After cubicle neighbor went home about 15 minutes later (she took a mental health day) I found out the back story. Evidently sometime last night the cubicle neighbor’s BF/FI who she met less than 6 months ago found out she was "talking to her ex bf" still. I don't know the details. But her meltdown at work was due to the fact she has been trying to reach him since he found out and now he has not been returning her calls. She had her BF/FI do not live together. She is afraid he is going to call off the wedding which is set for around Thanksgiving this year.

I just SMH at this b/c yesterday she was in a panic b/c her daughter was sick at school and she did not want to take time off of work to get her. But all of a sudden today she can take a mental health day b/c of a fight with her SO?

[Deleted]

People need to keep that crap outside the office.
Sounds like you now sit by a crazzzzzzy cake.

[madringal]

I'm sorry, but anyone that would be sobbing UNDER their desk at anything short of a death in the family gets the side eye from me. Get it together! Nothing like be labeled the office drama llama.

[cjeanette]

Sobbing under the desk?

I look forward to the future stories you shall provide us with.

[ohgillian]

Sept 7, 2012 13:57:37 GMT -5 madringal said:

I'm sorry, but anyone that would be sobbing UNDER their desk at anything short of a death in the family gets the side eye from me. Get it together! Nothing like be labeled the office drama llama.

More than the side eye. My office would -- I think appropriately -- have HR involved in asking about mandatory referrals to counseling.

[ECB]

I don't quite understand the full story, but I get the gist of it.

And I agree- that's a ridiculous reason to be curled up under your desk sobbing....

[mbcdefg]

Sept 7, 2012 13:57:37 GMT -5 madringal said:

I'm sorry, but anyone that would be sobbing UNDER their desk at anything short of a death in the family gets the side eye from me. Get it together! Nothing like be labeled the office drama llama.

Word.

[Deleted]

Sept 7, 2012 13:57:32 GMT -5 flygirl said:

People need to keep that crap outside the office.
Sounds like you now sit by a crazzzzzzy cake.

Yeah I put in a cube change request b/c I wanted a seat by the window. I got a lot more than I bargained for.

[pamela]

Sept 7, 2012 14:04:14 GMT -5 vigurl said:

Sept 7, 2012 13:57:32 GMT -5 flygirl said:

People need to keep that crap outside the office.
Sounds like you now sit by a crazzzzzzy cake.

Yeah I put in a cube change request b/c I wanted a seat by the window. I got a lot more than I bargained for.

Apparently there is a reason that window cube is open.

[Deleted]

Sept 7, 2012 14:08:52 GMT -5 pamela said:

Sept 7, 2012 14:04:14 GMT -5 vigurl said:

Yeah I put in a cube change request b/c I wanted a seat by the window. I got a lot more than I bargained for.

Apparently there is a reason that window cube is open.

LOL as much as I would love to attribute that to her I put in my request to move on Friday. I was moved Monday. At that time she didn't even work on my floor. My boss had already planned to move her to the open cube Monday (dept xfer) but I was not aware. I thought I would get a window with no neighbor. But that was not the case.

[chia]

Sept 7, 2012 14:16:51 GMT -5 @champagna said:

Sept 7, 2012 13:59:30 GMT -5 cjeanette said:

Sobbing under the desk?

I look forward to the future stories you shall provide us with.

OMG. Yes, this.

Speaking of crazy coworkers... what ever happened to gypsy's crazy coworker? (wasn't it gypsy?)

[explorer2001]

Sept 7, 2012 13:57:37 GMT -5 madringal said:

I'm sorry, but anyone that would be sobbing UNDER their desk at anything short of a death in the family gets the side eye from me. Get it together! Nothing like be labeled the office drama llama.

I'm going to add to the ok list if the coworker just got a call from their doctor that they have cancer, or some other life changing/life threatening disease.

I know I was a zombie at work during my divorce. I wasn't even crying at my desk then, but I was a zombie.

[Mashara]

Yeah, it was Gypsy. I think she said they work in different buildings now? Not close to each other, anyway.

[Deleted]

Please tell me she is like a 19 year old intern or something..

[Deleted]

Sept 7, 2012 14:41:27 GMT -5 @missy1 said:

Please tell me she is like a 19 year old intern or something..

No she is 30 with a 13 yr old daughter and over 5 yrs of HR experince.

[AAM2012]

Did you take a picture of her on the floor? Damn! Maybe next time!

[Deleted]

Sept 7, 2012 14:48:15 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

Did you take a picture of her on the floor? Damn! Maybe next time!

Sadly no b/c at the time this was going on I though there was something seriously wrong like her daughter missing, in a car accident etc.

[phunluvin82]

Sept 7, 2012 13:55:05 GMT -5 vigurl said:

I just SMH at this b/c yesterday she was in a panic b/c her daughter was sick at school and she did not want to take time off of work to get her. But all of a sudden today she can take a mental health day b/c of a fight with her SO?

So wait. She's worried about taking time off so she decides that showing up and sobbing under her desk is the better option career-wise?

^o)

[Becca]

I have only ever cried at work while pregnant, and those times were when I was discussing with co-workers either of the following two matters:
- DH's cancer diagnosis
- DS's death

I was mortified to be crying, even though everyone obviously understood. I am not sure I could show my face again if I was sobbing over a fight.

(ok, and I'll admit that last week I had tears well up at work because Jimmy John's got my order wrong - but I was laughing at myself while crying, so I give myself a pass there)

[agnes]

Crazy cakes!