Sometimes you just don't know who is going to end up sneak attacking you. For me it's been, come into the Tower, when I don't have communications with field agents I would listen to my music, calmly minding my own business deciphering codes and finding items for people who have lost everything. Not even paying attention unless I get a missive from my fellow magic users here, which usually is something amusing and fun. I really would never have known about the dodge I had to make happen if not for the childishness of one such fellow code breaker upsetting another by not talking to me directly, but instead talking to everyone else. The one who was more upset by it, took me aside and let me know what was going on. So I was prepared for what happened next.
There was an issue, and I wouldn't have been upset by it at all, except how it was handled. Occasionally I will hum quietly to myself when I have my music playing. Now my closest neighbors here in the Tower, like to play, Guess what she's humming. However someone who diagonally sits across the dividers from me apparently had an issue. Rather then coming to me and telling me it was bothering him, which due to my nature would have caused me to do my best to stop and apologize, he went to other code breakers and to my direct higher ups. Threatening to go to our wonderful Human Resources department.
Because of this, I was pulled aside by one of my direct higher ups and a missive was sent out, detailing what personal habits we should not do, by the other one. The first thing on that list was humming. I was embarrassed, I felt betrayed (as silly as that sounds), and wondered why the fellow code breaker, who is supposed to be a friend, and I talk with him often didn't just come to me. But instead used a sneak attack and complained about me to everyone but me.
It really made me wonder if I had in fact re-entered the years of schooling and all of the back stabbing, passive aggressive, immature silliness that happens there. Last I checked, I haven't been there for many years. I don't really understand why people can't move forward sometimes and realize that they are no longer children and we are in an adult environment. Not to mention, if you are truly a person's friend, you really should just talk to them if you have an issue. Instead of sneak attacking and hiding behind passive aggressiveness.
Since that happened I have been keeping my music enjoyment to myself as much as possible. However the person in question still has not apologized for his immature actions. I haven't been returning the behavior by being mean to him, in fact I've shown him that I am bigger then all of that. Well except for the occasionally joke with some of my other code breakers here about no humming and dancing. But it still is a bit flustering. Perhaps someday he will grow up to the point that he will be able to apologize.
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