Pathetic Co-Worker
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- exador0
hey bucky...
1) make sure you really are square with your manager/higher-ups. (just pays to be in the good with the bosses, you know how it is..)
2) be careful not to complain to much to them about this guy...
you can, in confidence, tell your manager about the problem, but ya want to make sure it doesn't enter the realm of 'and then he did this, and then i did this and back and forth..
that'll make him feel like he's hired a couple of children and he might think less of you...keep it straight, and business like..he'll appreciate that...3) my old man used to say, keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer..
and that is something i've learned over the years to be absolutely true and useful.
it works.
this guy is a punk..and i wouldn't be surprised if he is lacking in the friend dept.
invite the dicksmack out for lunch.
or for a beer.
get to really really know him.
THAT is where you're gonna find your ammo.
the more you know about him, the more chances you have to either a) bury the hatchet and make nice and get it all over with...
or
b) find (or manufacture) some dirt on the guy..and really bury the hatchet..in his fuckin head...ya dig...
get his wise mouth ass canned.but be very careful about this kinda high level office politics..
you're best bet, to be sure, is to just ignore the fucker and leave him be.
he wins every time he gets a rise out of you...
every response, even if it's 'oh, i wont' diginify what you just said...' type thing is a victory to him, cuz i guarantee that what ever you say, he'll have one more zinger...ignore the fuck.
sounds like he's just desperate for attention..
- oculasm0
hey brad... dont follow suit... But I once punched some guy in college who was on my case from day one.. I was 17-18 at the time
Im always very quiet, tolerant and patient and to this day Ive never lived up to that moment! never had the need to... I cant believe I punched him right in the JAW! he was sooo taken aback... then we had a proper scrap in an empty classroom next to a psychology class in progress..
I got a few bruises on my neck and the psychology teacher from next door seperated us...
I didnt even need to have a word with the principal..or at least I cant remember, because I was on very good terms with him..now I stay in touch with the guy who I punched and kinda turned good friends after that incident...!! wierd!!
Seriously Im not suggesting you should do something like that..
but you could fantasize about it in some sick way.. if it makes you feel better... jk :)
- Ctrl_Z0
In the workplace shit like this should not take place...
however, you should work on the defensive, bring this shit up with your boss if you are square.Kicking his ass wont solve shit.
just smile and give that chump the 'fuck you' look...
and DO YOUR JOB let him be the ass-clown.
All offices has this character in there, the trick is don't be the bitch...let them keep that role.
- phaln0
Aren't you here in Atlanta, Buckyball?
I was doing most of the work for our "Webmaster" while he was on a client site for 6 months, and once he returned, he was a total dick. Always paranoid I was going to take his job, always wondering what I was doing.
Then one night he called me AT HOME to rail me for an hour about how I was trying to rob him of his job, how I was stealing all his "ideas" (if you call completing an overdue project an "idea"), and generally made my life a living hell here at work.
Well, he goes off on a trip for a week and a half overseas, comes back, and has a complete mental breakdown in front of the department. Hasn't been back since, on medical leave. Karma? Perhaps. But I'm getting all the sweet projects now.
See, what I'm getting at is... Did your company hire this guy or something? ;) He sounds so...familiar.