Today I was talking with my boss about a situation that happened at work. In the middle of my sentence coming out of my mouth a woman walked up and pushed right past me and started talking to my boss as if I wasn’t even there!
I was shocked and did not quite know how to react. In retrospect I wish I had interrupted her and said “EXCUSE ME, but I was talking, please wait your turn.” But I was trying to be polite (even though she obviously wasn’t) and stopped talking. I guess I was expecting my boss to tell the lady to wait her turn, but that didn’t happen. My boss simply started talking with her, and acted as if I wasn’t even there!
After a few minutes of standing there, waiting for my turn, it became apparent that I was never going to get my turn back, so I just walked away.
I am furious – I felt as if my boss does not think I have any importance at all, to have let that happen. I think that if it ever happens again I will NOT hold my tongue to be polite, I WILL say “EXCUSE ME but I was talking and you need to wait your turn.”
I can’t believe how much this has upset me. I try really hard to be polite and wait my turn to talk, and I can’t get over the gall this woman had treating me like I was invisible!