PLEASE STOP PATRONIZING ME

I recently started a new job, which is pretty much exactly what I was doing last year but a little bit different, and it really, really, REALLY annoys me when people (who, in their defence are probably only trying to be nice) come into my office and make comments like 'picking it all up then?' and 'a lot to learn, isn't there?'. I smile and nod and make noises as if to say 'well, I'm coping, silly little me' when all I really want to do is look at them sarcastically and say 'I can do this job in my sleep. It's not hard, I'm not stupid, so will you please fuck off and leave me alone. Thank you.'

Of course, I can't really do that. But it really irks me when people assume that because I'm young looking (I often get mistaken for a student, and as I work at a university, that's usually not a good thing) that I'm also foolish and incapable.

I very often don't get taken seriously in meetings and it takes time to establish myself as organised, efficient and amazing-at-my-job. This is normal, I know. But I'm an impatient kind of person and I want that respect now. It doesn't help that I have authority issues, and when a particuarly pricky senior member of staff comes into meetings and starts lording it over me, I usually imagine taking my pen and stabbing it repeatedly into his face. Did I mention I have violent tendencies? Of course, I smile and nod as he vents his ridiculously formulated opinion which matches his super-inflated ego, and write notes to myself like '(enter name here) is a prickface'. Not particularly grown-up, I know, but I've got to live up to that 'bright young thing' reputation of mine somehow.

The other thing that really pisses me off in my job is that the people who are in senior positions are usually quite shit at their jobs, and are getting paid a crapload to sit at their desks and make poor decisions. How these people were ever employed by anybody, ever, in the first place, is a total mystery. It's always the minions like me and my counterparts who take pride in their work and have to stay long hours to make sure the job is done to a high standard, while those in the golden tower get all the credit and sit about congratulating themselves on being such clever, lazy fuckwits.

Anyway, it's probably time I stopped sitting around and venting and actually got on with some work. Looks like someone else is about to pop into my office with their patronising comments. Now, if you'll excuse me...