Work
#474: How do I get my coworker to shut up?
Dear Captain Awkward, I need advice on how to tell a work friend politely to just shut up. He’s a very nice guy – super friendly and sociable, which is kind of the problem. You see, he is WAY too talkative. He sometimes says things that are completely out of left field, and he tends […]
#450: How to tighten up your game at work when you’re depressed.
Hey, Captain and Co. I spent the past two years of my life being really depressed (and, honestly, who knows how long before that — I was only diagnosed last year, but I’ve felt pretty awful for as long as I can remember), and, through some supportive parents and medication and an awesome partner and […]
#449: I hate my job, I’m broke, my commute sucks, and I maybe want to be a writer.
Hi Captain! My main question is: how do I keep going? I have 99 problems, I need to fix at least 95 of them but right now I can’t even seem to fix 1 so I am stuck. I’ve been actively job-hunting for over a year now. I know others have it worse, either through […]
#437: Adulthood Is A Scary Horse
Ahoy there, I have this general problem. I am almost 30, and I am not a grown-up person. I am a college drop out, have never had a ‘real’ job. I’m working for almost 3 years now at a job that doesn’t pay a lot, but really easy and it’s basically the only one I […]
#436: What can I do to get to know my coworkers better?
O Mighty Captain of Scripts for the Awkward, I consider myself to be fairly socially skilled, if introverted, but one place where I’m completely socially awkward is at work. I’m the person who gets skewered by all the career advice that says, “You think you can just sit in your office and work hard and […]
#410: How do I tell old professional contacts about my recent name change now that I need a reference?
Dear Captain Awkward: Last year, I got divorced. At the time of my divorce, I was offered the legal choice to go back to my maiden name, or to keep my married name. I decided to choose a whole new last name, which was something I had always wanted to do. My new last name […]
#383 & #384: Ladyboners
Dear Team Awwkard, Ok so here it is: I’m back at university after having to take time out due to depression and a very bad reaction to meds last year. I have a feeling that the depression was in a large part due to the relationship I was in at the time where my partner […]
#375 & #376: Respect at Work
Hi Captain, I wasn’t sure about sending you this question, but then I saw the tag ” Is someone in your life making it weird?” and I thought, “Yes! In fact someone IS making it weird!” So here goes. First, some context of the problem I’m about to describe, in handy bulleted points: -I work […]
