i gotta vent a little... most of the time its girl troubles, but this time its a friend.
Here?s the story. I am/was one of my high school?s yearbook editors. The other editor is/was my friend since elementary school. I?ve been pretty close with him, and we?ve been cool, it seemed. He was the one who recommended me for the co-editor job. So first semester grade 12, the courses are tough and in addition to killing myself for good marks, other things are going on. Things aren?t going all that well ? my first month or two are a real mess, and as a result, im not involved as much as I should be. Right from the get go, he knows more than I do, and goes ahead and does a lot of things, much of which im not informed of. So basically, he takes the lead, which is cool by me. I try to chip in, I take pictures, I offer to help with the layouts, but he?s got them all under control, apparently. I'm not doing enough, and i feel bad.
First semester exam?s roll around, and I?m still chipping in. Most of the organizational stuff is now controlled by him, and I never hear about any of it. Not email, not in person, nothing. Then he springs it on me that ?im not pulling my weight?. Okay. I explain my position, and tell him I will give it more time the second half since my courses are lighter, and that we need to communicate better. I figure things are cool.
That brings us to now, a week and a bit into the new semester. Now it gets pretty ugly. I start getting blamed for various stuff that happens around the office (from the computer crashing to missing cds). I did a couple layouts, and at the last second, he springs it on me that he has redone layouts for those pages, cause he thought mine weren?t up to par. That was a kick in the teeth... he totally changed them and didn?t even tell me that he didn?t like them. Then he gets our yb teacher to talk to me about how ?she?s not comfortable giving us both the co-editor title?. I tried to imagine it was her idea, but it really wasn?t? now he?s on my case, asking if I?ve thought about it. Now, half a year isn?t good enough. He wants me demoted. I thought assistant editor would be fair. He suggested photographer.
What do you think? The part that hurts the most, is that this guy was my friend. I mean, what kind of friend tries to bring another down? Seems like such a bi tchy thing to do. I can?t help but feel that this has to do with something more than just fairness. I get the impression he wanted me out all along. This happens to come along during university submissions too?
Further, what should I do? I don?t think I could continue as editor, and I don?t really want to. I can?t handle all this drama. I could take a lesser role. Or I could quit. Fvck.
Here?s the story. I am/was one of my high school?s yearbook editors. The other editor is/was my friend since elementary school. I?ve been pretty close with him, and we?ve been cool, it seemed. He was the one who recommended me for the co-editor job. So first semester grade 12, the courses are tough and in addition to killing myself for good marks, other things are going on. Things aren?t going all that well ? my first month or two are a real mess, and as a result, im not involved as much as I should be. Right from the get go, he knows more than I do, and goes ahead and does a lot of things, much of which im not informed of. So basically, he takes the lead, which is cool by me. I try to chip in, I take pictures, I offer to help with the layouts, but he?s got them all under control, apparently. I'm not doing enough, and i feel bad.
First semester exam?s roll around, and I?m still chipping in. Most of the organizational stuff is now controlled by him, and I never hear about any of it. Not email, not in person, nothing. Then he springs it on me that ?im not pulling my weight?. Okay. I explain my position, and tell him I will give it more time the second half since my courses are lighter, and that we need to communicate better. I figure things are cool.
That brings us to now, a week and a bit into the new semester. Now it gets pretty ugly. I start getting blamed for various stuff that happens around the office (from the computer crashing to missing cds). I did a couple layouts, and at the last second, he springs it on me that he has redone layouts for those pages, cause he thought mine weren?t up to par. That was a kick in the teeth... he totally changed them and didn?t even tell me that he didn?t like them. Then he gets our yb teacher to talk to me about how ?she?s not comfortable giving us both the co-editor title?. I tried to imagine it was her idea, but it really wasn?t? now he?s on my case, asking if I?ve thought about it. Now, half a year isn?t good enough. He wants me demoted. I thought assistant editor would be fair. He suggested photographer.
What do you think? The part that hurts the most, is that this guy was my friend. I mean, what kind of friend tries to bring another down? Seems like such a bi tchy thing to do. I can?t help but feel that this has to do with something more than just fairness. I get the impression he wanted me out all along. This happens to come along during university submissions too?
Further, what should I do? I don?t think I could continue as editor, and I don?t really want to. I can?t handle all this drama. I could take a lesser role. Or I could quit. Fvck.
), but I am giving you these accomplishments to tell you that I never ONCE didn't hold up my duties as editor of the paper.
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