Negative Nellie/Ned

[DizBelle]

Do you have a Negagive Nellie or Ned where you work? Someone for whom EVERYTHING is a disaster and EVERYTHING is SOOOOOOO difficult. NO ONE but them can do things right.

DRAMA! DRAMA! DRAMA!

Sheesh. Frustrating.

 

[HeWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Yes, indeed.

 

[Karalea]

Yes I do and she drives me insane! Every order is a crisis and everyone is out to cheat us or scam us. I have to listen to the radio just to drown out her constant complaining.

 

[MUFFYCAT]

Do you work in my office? I have her sitting 10 feet away from me.
Her commute is always the worst, has the busiest weekend, etc.
Some of us can stand talking to her anymore.

 

[Rafiki31]

haha we call her Debbie Downer, and sometimes we even sing the song from SNL

 

[Nie0214]

Negative Nancy

 

[DizBelle]

Uh, it's looking like it's all women. Does that mean anything?

 

[Robinrs]

Don't we ALL have one????

Ours is gross, miserable and angry and would rather b & m instead of finding a solution to ANYTHING!!! I just avoid her like the plague!!

 

[KiminChicago]

We have one in DD's dance company -- actually it's the mom of one of the other dancers. When I describe her to my friends I tell them she makes Debbie Downer seems like a party girl. This woman is always complaining about how much time the classes take, how much money it costs, how much homework her DD has, how her DD has hurt herself yet again (I think her DD must be the clumsiest dancer in the world -- according to the mom, this girl is always falling down and hurting herself), how bad she feels herself, how bad the weather is (even when it's beautiful), how her husband is out of town once again and she has to drive everyone everywhere, and the list goes on and on. I used to try and be polite and carry on a conversation with her, but now I mostly tune her out and just try and interject an occasional "that's too bad" or "what a shame" once in a while.

The mothers of all the older girls in the dance company tell me how bad they feel for me since her DD and mine are the same age, so at conventions and competitions, they're both in the same classes and I get to spend all day with this woman. My DD and her DD are both 10, so the dance instructor encouraged us to purchase observer badges and stay with our DDs, I probably would have anyway, but it was almost like undergoing torture.