Balancing act

My goodness, this has been a stressful week. I feel like I have been playing UN between North and South Korea every day at work. My boss and Ereman, my coworker have been at odds and both are doing the silent treatment to each other. Both are also prying at me for information on what the other is saying about the other. It's been ridiculous.

My boss has been getting handwriting analysis done by various other staff to confirm her suspicions. Yesterday, she went to the major to request Ereman's exit from the library job. Of course, since the library is also the gossip mill because of its availability to everyone, my boss has also been asking other inmates what's going on. This results in reckless hypotheses being tossed around as I just sit in silence. I tell her that she ought to just let the job change go through and leave it at that.

I've given the same advice to Ereman, who asked for a job change Tuesday to avoid being fired. Boy, Ereman has been extremely vindictive the whole time. Even though he asked for a job change, he has been showing up in the library for work. However, he does no work at all, content to take a few magazines and supplies. The library's atmosphere is tense just because he's there. Even more, when my boss showed up a few minutes late, he told her boss in front of about ten inmates that she shows up late every day. I tried to correct it but Ereman kept interrupting.

While all this is going on, I have to do all the work on my own. It is tiresome, especially with the stress of dealing with the toxic atmosphere. My boss said I could choose my next coworker, but I don't want that kind of responsibility. I just told her she should choose someone she knows and preferably not a white guy so there is more diversity for scrutinizing eyes.

I hope this is over soon. I'm tired. I would ask for a job change, too, but I know this is only temporary and there would be no one in the library who knows what's going on. I love books too much, too. Guess I'm just stuck for now.