Posts Tagged ‘lunch’
Working With The Enemy
How can you continue to work in an office where you have seriously fallen out with someone and you actually feel that they are the enemy and possibly, that you hate them or severely dislike them? Is it a case of shrugging your shoulders, walking off and signing up with a recruitment agency for a new job? Or can you tolerate the situation and perhaps even make it bearable?
Well there is no hard and fast answer to this, but you do need to think very carefully before you jack in your job, since ultimately you may be the one to suffer. At least initially you should try to get on with things and tolerate each other, you may never end up in love, but you can minimise the hate as well.
Initially it may be worth trying to think about how things are from the other person’s perspective. Do they find it difficult with you there? Have you antagonised them or was it the other way round? Are there ways that you can avoid each other, for example, if they always take their lunch and sit in the rest room from 12 – 12.30, could you take your lunch at 1 pm, so you don’t have to meet.
Remember that if the person bullies you then you have lawful rights and you should report any instances of bullying to your manager. Do not let things fester; deal with issues as they arise.
Try not to turn other people in the office against the person you dislike, since this can backfire on you. Instead retain a dignified silence and only confide in people to whom you are close: that way you maintain your dignity and the moral high ground, no matter what the other person says or does! But if they are truly obnoxious and you simply cannot get on, then eventually you should think of your health and if it is causing you stress, simply move on!
Lunch Break Fitness Break
As a country the UK is getting bigger and bigger and bigger. Most of us need to either do something about our weight, or watch our weight so that we don’t start piling on the pounds. But when you work full time it can be hard to fit in time to visit the gym or get really fit.
On the other hand, it is all too easy to sit there and make excuses. So what you need to do is to sit down and think about ways in which you can effectively use your time to increase your exercise levels.
For a start how about scheduling in some time in your lunch-break, so that you can go for a jog, go for a walk or even go to a quick aerobics class. You don’t need to do an hours exercise, but anything is actually better than nothing and even if all you do is to go out for a walk, then you can speed up each day so that you are power walking by the end of the month.
A recruitment agency will probably tell you that those people who are most focussed at work and tend to gain the best promotions, are those who are physically fit. Exercise helps you to feel more confident and it can release endorphins in the brain, meaning that you become much happier and when you are happy and relaxed and that little bit more confident, then you can gain promotion just that little bit easier.
But it is up to you to rise to the challenge and see just how much exercise you can pack into a lunch-break. If you feel silly or don’t like exercising on your own, then why not see if a colleague will come with you and then you can both reap the benefits? You may even get a little fitness club going at your work.