Drama, Drama

In choosing to live and work this new lifestyle, I made a hugely incorrect assumption that we would be leaving the workplace drama behind. WRONG!

Hopefully our experiences (in this respect) so far at this campground are not indicative of campgrounds around the country. There is so much gossip, talking behind people’s backs, bad-mouthing, etc, etc – this is definitely worse than I’ve experienced at most of my “career-style” workplaces in the past. I have had a few days where I stood on the brink of scheduling a meeting with the general manager. I knew if we were to do that, we’d either need to be prepared to suck up the wrath from our assistant manager for the rest of the season, or prepare to walk.

Before we embarked, Artur and I knew we would have to make some attitude and expectation adjustments. I was choosing not to be a boss, so I couldn’t allow myself the attitude of “I could be so much better as the manager!” And we have been highly successful in keeping a positive attitude and accepting the quirks and weaknesses of our coworkers – but this angle I was not prepared for!

Right now I just can’t decide if the negatives are simply a sign of the adjustment everyone is going through, or if this is how it is, and things will only get worse…..