Can't deal with co-worker!!?

Question

I work at a small cellular locally owned shop, and all of the stores in the chain has only TWO workers at every store. At first it sounded great, but then I met my co-worker.
Lets just call her satin for fun. Well the first few days with satin weren't all that bad. She helped me out a bit, gave me a good basic training, and we got along great. She talks a lot about her personal life, which I can live with (but should be private, such as family issues that are extremely personal.). But the last week I've worked with satin completley changed. She rushes me on stuff she hasn't trained me on, than verbally tells me how to use computer applications (very complicated, I even had to get a notebook to remember anything!). She has been very rude to the point that I can't stand her. I can take a joke, but she will go out of her way to humiliate me coldheartedly, .
I haven't had a job for a while so I want to keep this one, don't really want to quit, how should I deal with her? Thanks

Answer 1

Its just a matter of adjusting. There really are people who do have those kind of attitude, confront her and speak out, and if there are no changes with her attitudes, have a help with your human resource officer, she might have the answers.

Answer 2

Is she a manager? If not she might feel a little ticked that she even has to train every new person that gets hired and may not even get paid for it. So unfortunately she might be taking that out on you. In addition to the personal problems you mentioned which may also factor in. It might be easier to humilate you than say someone at home. So what I would do if I were you is approach her when you have a little downtime and say hey I noticed you have been a little short with me lately and what you said (the other day, a little while ago) whatever applies really hurt my feelings. So I was wondering if we could maybe find a better way to communicate. I would try to be a nice as pie to her. It is hard for someone to be mean if you are being nice. If this does not work. Well then you just might have to go a little crazy and give her a taste of her own medicine. That should cure her. Good luck.

Answer 3

Find out a little bit about why other staff left this store? Maybe it was this lovely person that drove them away.

Basically, put up with it. You have to work. Be careful though, because a psycho senior co-worker could be secretly telling the owner negative things about you, making it harder for you to stay there.

You are right, sometimes finding work is not problem, but keeping it is another matter. Personally I concentrate on doing a good job. If you don't know how to do something, ask to be told again. If you still can't do something, tell the owner.

Oh and smile and laugh. Have a good time and enjoy life. Because you have a job, you have money, you have a life. When you are smiling and happy, the nastiest people often mellow (or go crazy...which is fun to watch)

Answer 4

Satin has mood swings so do us. Give her time to cool down and let her know that you were annoyed by her arrogance. Advise her that team work is very important in a two-employee environment thus request her to be a little patience with you.

Answer 5

l also faced the same problem l tired for a month that for her attitude to be changed then l report the matter to my manager .
but before going to manager try to get an other job so that if things don't changed then u can move out

Answer 6

The reaction you are experiencing is that she is projecting onto you something that you failed to acknowledge. She is angry at you. You must take her out to lunch or for coffee and tactfully ask for her help on the duties that your are suppose to grasp. Be nice and kind, and inquire about how her current situations and how are they going. Be interested but not interesting. Then thank her for coming out to coffee with you and helping you out.