I do not understand people sometimes.....

I have to say that one of my pet peeves with any job is watching people that set out deliberately to sabotage their co-workers.  
You know the type:  

1) Think they know everything.  
2) Believe no one is doing their job right.  
3) Spend their working hours looking for dirt on you and everyone else instead of actually working.  
4) They have beaten a path to the supervisor's office on a daily basis to play tattle tell.  

I am not sure what is worse.  The person who does it or the supervisor that acts on the gossip without clarifying whether the tales are true or not.  


It is my humble belief that if a supervisor could not trust you to do your job, he or she should make the time to observe you working and draw their own opinions -and- maybe just trust you to be the professional that you are.

I have seen so many good, quality workers who have become burned out at work because they couldn't play this game anymore.  All their energy getting soaked up by defending themselves, their reputations and justifying their work, that they let the spark and creativity dry up because the emotional and physical turmoil created in the workplace was too much.  I have helped too many good people pack up their workplace and bail out because of office politics.

I encourage everyone not to be the person that spies, eavesdrops and runs to the supervisor.  It will not get you a raise, promotion or pat on the back.  In fact, it tarnishes your reputation and others' opinions of you.

For everyone who has ever dealt with this or watched it play out, how do you handle it?

For me, I pray for the person causing the havoc, the person dealing with it, the person listening to it and the workplace.  There are some problems that only God can handle.