Avoidance Much??

OK.. Not sure what to think of this but will blog anyways..

So, I'm at work.. During lunch, I close my office door - sort of as a means of blocking out this work environment. Well.. At 1:01PM, I get an email saying I have a message.

The message had an one-liner and was sent from someone whose office is no more than 10 feet from mine.

At first, I thought nothing about it. So, what? My office door was closed so send an email.. But then, I started thinking...

BACKGROUND: We have this application at work where you select the recipient's name from a drop down list, enter you message, press 'send', and it is automatically delivers the message via email to the recipient.

Well, the man who sent it passed by my office just as I was opening my door and just as I received the email. You mean to tell me, he thought it was easier to send an email which takes about a minute than to tell me in person which would have taken less time.

Long story short.. I think he intentionally was trying to not talk to me..

In the past, I have spoken to this man and he would give me the driest 'hey' I ever heard in my life. At first, I considered it to be a race thing, but there is [well, was.. He quit 2 weeks ago] another Black dude and he seems 'ok' with him.. So then I thought it was a gender thing. He may just be afraid of girls. Sounds a lil crazy, but there are still some grown men that are scared of females. But lately I have ruled that out as well cause this man is just too dang rude.

About 4 months ago, I had to give a software demonstration in a room that needed a projector. Well, like the other 2 times, I went to him directly and told him what I needed. Well, RIGHT after I was done talking and left out his office, he went to the Senior Programmer and asked HIM if I knew about the application where you request things. After he went to him, they both came to my door and asked if I knew about the appl and how it worked.

Basically, I was appalled. I was just in this man's office and he decided to ask someone else about what I knew right after I left from his office.

So of course, I don't like him. I don't even speak to him anymore cause countless times I have spoken to him and got the dryness back so why should I even bother.

But basically, I do believe he is trying to avoid me. That is one of my main problems with working in this industry - a lot of these computer peeps are very rude and closed-in.

UGH!! My life...

Well had to vent.. Back to work...lol