Coping With an Unhappy Co-Worker

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Rich isn't ready to retire, but the difficult woman he works with is driving him to consider quitting. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Rich, welcome to the program.
0:15.1	Thank you. Boy, I'm shocked. This is my first time calling and I got through and I really appreciate you taking my
0:22.1	meant to be. It is and I am again another serious listener and that's how I connected with you.
0:31.1	So my question, I'm 68 and back and forth I've should I retire, not retire, but that's the least of my point.
0:44.0	Workplace bully.
0:46.6	Okay, before we go on to the workplace, idiot, before we go on to that person, could you imagine yourself living without your work that you do?
1:01.7	No, because everyone says, well, you need to have a hobby, and I know that you say you'll never be tired.
1:07.1	No, I'm not talking about something to keep you busy.
1:11.4	I have enough things that I could be busy.
1:13.7	They have nothing to do with this.
1:16.9	So what I want to know is, could you imagine living without this particular job type of work to do?
1:23.8	Forget the bully.
1:24.8	This type of work that you do in this job.
1:27.0	Can you imagine living
1:28.4	without that? Oh, yes. Oh, then you're ready for retirement. Okay, let's go on to the bully.
1:35.9	See, I can't imagine being alive and not doing this. Can't imagine it. Oh, what I, what I, where I was
1:42.9	getting at is I could do something else, but, you know, I...
1:47.0	Well, then you retire from this and you do something else.
1:50.6	Your retirement age, do something else.
1:52.8	Honey, you're going to be dead sooner than you were born.
1:58.5	Okay?
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