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Long sad boring stuff about my work.
Nov. 24th, 2003 06:55 pmNormally in life I am kind of a pushover. If someone is being a bastard I kinda take it quietly and try not to say much, because I don't want to make things hard. Sure now and then I lose it and threaten to rip someone's limbs off and beat them with that loosened limb. But that is usually reserved for movie theaters.
Some know that there is a co-worker who has been making my life and many others rather...strained.
This person lacks a lot of basic social boundaries. Tends to be oblivious, condescending, rude and as Holy puts it bluntly, "he is a jackass!"
Normally I can let that shit slide, but it has been getting on my nerves more and more. He is out-right mean to customers. A few have mentioned it to me directly. He happens to have a slightly superior position to me, yet the power has gone to his head.
He treats customers without an ounce of respect, he treats them with such a suspicious eye thinking they are trying to rip us off and he embarrasses people.
As of late he is rather unkind to co-workers. He treats people like they are five years old. I wouldn't even treat a five year old this way.
I know how to do my job. I do it rather well and I am proud of what I do. Yet he will tell me something I already know and I will politely say, "I know such and such, but thank you for telling me." Yet he won't let it drop at that. He will go into some overly-detailed explanation about something I am quite familiar with and I will tell him nicely, "thank you I know that."
Yet..he will keep going. He has talked over me, and just completely taken over a conversation I would be having with a customer. He hovers a little too close, he invades personal space, he says absolutely inappropriate things. He hits on girls in such a creepy manner AND he isn't even helpful. You call him to do something that pertains directly to his job...he shows up fifteen minutes later, when it is useless and you needed his help then.
It got to be too much.
The thing is, I kinda gave him a lot of chances I figured he needed time to adjust himself to a new place. He transferred from another Barnes and Noble. But someone pointed out I shouldn't put up with this kind of shit anyways.
I finally approached a manager about the situation. I was rather proud of myself, because I don't like to "tell on people" but as someone pointed out, "you aren't telling on him. You are taking control of a bad situation."
It felt good to get all of this stuff off of my shoulders.
My manager was really nice and was really pleased to hear about everything.
It seems in the past few weeks a number of people have approached managers about this person's behavior.
One of the things that was on my review said I needed to approach managers with concerns earlier so they don't grow into a worse situation.
So they are pleased I finally did something like that.
It was a long day.
I spent most of it avoiding him.
Tonight we are having steak. That makes me feel better already.
Some know that there is a co-worker who has been making my life and many others rather...strained.
This person lacks a lot of basic social boundaries. Tends to be oblivious, condescending, rude and as Holy puts it bluntly, "he is a jackass!"
Normally I can let that shit slide, but it has been getting on my nerves more and more. He is out-right mean to customers. A few have mentioned it to me directly. He happens to have a slightly superior position to me, yet the power has gone to his head.
He treats customers without an ounce of respect, he treats them with such a suspicious eye thinking they are trying to rip us off and he embarrasses people.
As of late he is rather unkind to co-workers. He treats people like they are five years old. I wouldn't even treat a five year old this way.
I know how to do my job. I do it rather well and I am proud of what I do. Yet he will tell me something I already know and I will politely say, "I know such and such, but thank you for telling me." Yet he won't let it drop at that. He will go into some overly-detailed explanation about something I am quite familiar with and I will tell him nicely, "thank you I know that."
Yet..he will keep going. He has talked over me, and just completely taken over a conversation I would be having with a customer. He hovers a little too close, he invades personal space, he says absolutely inappropriate things. He hits on girls in such a creepy manner AND he isn't even helpful. You call him to do something that pertains directly to his job...he shows up fifteen minutes later, when it is useless and you needed his help then.
It got to be too much.
The thing is, I kinda gave him a lot of chances I figured he needed time to adjust himself to a new place. He transferred from another Barnes and Noble. But someone pointed out I shouldn't put up with this kind of shit anyways.
I finally approached a manager about the situation. I was rather proud of myself, because I don't like to "tell on people" but as someone pointed out, "you aren't telling on him. You are taking control of a bad situation."
It felt good to get all of this stuff off of my shoulders.
My manager was really nice and was really pleased to hear about everything.
It seems in the past few weeks a number of people have approached managers about this person's behavior.
One of the things that was on my review said I needed to approach managers with concerns earlier so they don't grow into a worse situation.
So they are pleased I finally did something like that.
It was a long day.
I spent most of it avoiding him.
Tonight we are having steak. That makes me feel better already.
