A couple days ago it really got to me.

One co-worker came into the unit to pick up the bag for the "run" to the courthouse. She annouced herself . "I'm here!" First, it really doesn't matter that you came into the room. Secondly, her next words were "God grant me the serenity not to want to kill anyone right now."

I know this is just how she talks, but to me, in this day and age, that is something you shouldn't announce to a room full of co-workers. Who does she want to kill? I said "you really shouldn't talk like that at work." I'm pretty sure she thought I was being sarcastic.

So then within a couple minutes another co-worker comes back to her desk to find someone waiting for her. She says "what do you want?!" Generally this is her way of joking, but she does it all day. Very annoying. The co-worker asked for some supplies. The response she got was "do I need to get out my shot gun?!!"

Again, I said "you guys really shouldn't joke about that at work." They ignored me.

So I feel like I did the right thing by pointing this out to them, but days later it continues to bother me. There is another woman who always talks about "well, if he doesn't do it I'll kill him."

I'm trying to decide whether I should let my supervisor know. I know that they are required to talk to people who make comments like that. Will they know it was me that "tattled?"

Years ago a co-worker used to go walking with me and tell me personal stuff. He once said "if you tell anyone, they'll find you floating in the Bay." I told my boss just offhandedly and it spiraled into me having to meet with an invesitigator and the big boss, who just happened to be the District Attorney since that who I worked for at the time. At the drop of a hat, all I had to say was "yes, I think you should let him go." Instead I said I never thought he meant that, but if it becomes an issue again then yes, he shouldn't be here. Of course when it did happen again, they didn't fire him, but that's another story.

So, bottom line is this bothers me just because I know it's not appropriate, but then neither is showing up late every day or spending long periods of time chatting in the hallway. That just goes on as regular business.

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