I wonder how many of you have faced this kind of problem, with colleagues ignoring you for no good reason. In the past few weeks, I have experienced this kind of treatment from a colleague in another department. Every morning I will walk past her seat and I will greet her good morning. But there are many times when I arrived earlier, she would just walk past my place without a greeting. For instance, this morning, I greeted her good morning when she walked past me. But she did not response. Perhaps she did not hear it or pretend not to hear it.
I do not know what causes this. She used to reciprocate, but most of the time, she responded to my greeting without even looking at me. She replied good morning for the sake of saying, while staring at her computer monitor. Even her good morning was cold and indifferent. Sometimes, I tried to get to my place from the other door so that I don't have to walk past her desk. Save my breath.
I do not like such feeling since we are all working adults, not children in school. There are two ways to handle this, either I ignore her by entering through another door, or continue to say good morning to her and strike up small conversation to get her attention on me. If I choose to be indifferent, things will never turn out positive. So I have to be positive myself.
I am not a talkative person, I seldom engage in small talks in the office. Perhaps because of this, colleagues who do not know me well find tend to find me aloft. Most of the time, other colleagues will walk past my desk without saying good morning to me, but they do so to the colleague sitting next to me. She is an older lady in her 50s, who is chatty and well-liked by all. I don't feel good. But I tell myself I have to stay positive. Perhaps I should greet whoever walking near before they greet. It is not easy, but I have to take the initiative.
Have you experience such situation before? How do you overcome it?
