Q: Dear Workplace Wonda, I am having a conflict with an employee at work. Being stuck in close quarters and having to listen to this person’s constant complaining and negativity is getting to me. I don’t want to make this bigger than it needs to be, but I’m afraid if I tell my supervisor things will just get worse. Can you help? Signed, Dying in Negativity A: Dear Dying in Negativity, It’s no secret that we spend more time with coworkers than with partners or other family members. If more than 50% of all marriages end in divorce due to irreconcilable differences, how can we expect our work relationships to bode a better result? “Go to hell!” I said as I threw a package of raw meat at him. As I watched the remnants of what was to be dinner slowly crawl down his white t-shirt in bloody snail tracks, he yells back, “I AM in hell!” After the shock of what I just did wore off, I broke into laughter. He quickly followed. He received a well-dese