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Storytime Tapestry Newsletter The newsletter devoted to
spreading love and cultural awareness around the world. Carol’s Corner Workplace Romances Carol Roach Years ago I worked for an insurance company and one of
the ladies happened to be the girlfriend of the boss.Monique was very arrogant,
boastful and sported “a better than everyone attitude.” She made no secret of
the fact that she was his favourite one. She took liberties not afforded to the
rest of us. She worked hard, well if you didn’t count her two hours lunches,
and she never accepted responsibility for her own mistakes. If a situation
whether it be personal or work related arose, she was never blamed. She threw her
affair with the boss in everyone's face and threatened to have certain people
fired or seriously reprimanded if they didn't do her bidding. Nobody
liked her. There were stories that she broke up the boss’s marriage. The
rumours didn’t stop there for before him she went after another big boss and
stole him away from another employee at the time. That poor woman quit working at
the company because she couldn't stand seeing the two of them together. Later on,
my best girlfriend, a waitress in a restaurant was dating the cook. They took
it to the other extreme where they pretended they didn't like each other. The
cook was nice to the other waitresses but ignored her. The ruse didn't work;
everyone knew they were a couple anyway. Although
I believe that workplace romances can work if two people are mature, it is very
hard on the couple. My
girlfriend Anita felt so left out when George, her boyfriend, would flirt in
front of her and treat her like she didn't exist. My advice to Anita was even
though they both agreed to keep the relationship secret, he should not be
treating her differently. In my eyes his behaviour showed me how much he did
not respect her. Especially when she told him she did not like the feeling of
being left out. He argued it was best, but to me that was simply a poor excuse.
There were many other factors in their relationship that pointed to the fact
that he did not respect her as well. On the
other hand, I have known married couples working together and they handled the
situation very well. I think the difference is the fact that they were married
and that no one was vying for their sexual attention. It was generally accepted
that they could walk into the office together in the morning holding hands
before going onto their separate cubicles without the usual whispers that
circulated the workplace. They were
also able to conduct their work in a business like matter knowing that when
they got home they had their needed time together. The
boyfriend/girlfriend couples do not necessarily go home together. In the case
of Anita, the couple did not live together. Anita lived alone and her boyfriend
still lived with his parents. They both had heavy work schedules and she also
went to school. They could not spend much alone time together. Whereas the
first woman mentioned in this article, Monique was the mistress, she saw the
boss when he could steal away from his wife and children. Do you
think that the workplace is a good place to have a love relationship? Do you
feel that such relationships will cause jealousy among the employees? Can they
be hidden? Can they work out? Carol Roach A Native of If you are interested in other stories feel free to join
her newsletter: Storytime Tapestry at: http://subs.zinester.com/98907 , or email her
directly at winterose@videotron.ca
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