I have a problem at my job, I have certain coworkers I’m just a huge chatterbox with, I’m not making excuses for myself, but essentially we had a huge project coming up, a lot of looming huge wires, a lot of physical labor. I was chatting and working, admittedly slowing things down, when the supervisor of the department said, “hey, we’re calling X over since he’s faster, you can go back to your department.”

I understand why that manager made the call and I won’t blame my tiredness/apathy for why I was slacking, but having that reality check just really made me feel embarrassed and like I made an ass out of myself. I like to consider myself a professional but that was not professional of me.

Ugh, now I’m just grappling with these feelings and trying to make up for it by working my ass off in my department, but I had to take my break to vent.