When you just HATE someone you work with

[pioneer98]

There was a guy in my old department who jumps into every meeting and starts talking louder and faster than anyone else. He tries to dominate every conversation in this way. He talks faster than he can think, but that’s part of his strategy. He knows he is talking nonsense, but it is his way of keeping others off balance so he can continue to dominate the conversation. By the time you can get a word in edgewise and correct one of his errors, he’s already made 2 or 3 more errors. I’m at a severe disadvantage because I have to think before I speak.

Basically, he pretends to be the expert on any subject. When a new subject comes up, he almost does stream of consciousness and says everything he knows about the subject, fastly and loudly. In his mind, there is no subject where you might know something more than him, even if it is a project you’ve been working on for 3 years. He does good work on certain things, but it is his personal style that is so abrasive.

Naturally, he got promoted, even though the entire world outside that department despises working with him. The managers in that department are clueless. They never have to work alongside him, or they’d hate working with him too.

[heyzeus]

Oh and as soon as my no compete is up, I'm starting my own company again, hiring my old employees back and crushing this mother [expletive].

Coming soon to TLC....CEMETERY WARS!

(I would watch this)

[JCShutout]

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... =9&t=48821

She was fired 2 months after I left. We are shocked it took that long.

[cardsfansince82]

So I wear the same cardinals hat (that's not a very common/popular style) to work fairly regularly. This guy I see around the building occasionally asked me where I got it. I told him it was a gift a few years ago and I don't think it's for sale anymore. He follows that up with "I like that hat. That's a REAL team. I grew up in St. Louis." I guess as a shot at Royals fans. So I talked to him a little bit and it was pretty obvious he doesn't really follow the team at all, which is fine. The problem is we have had the same conversation verbatim (extra emphasis on real every time) six or seven times since then.

I don't hate the guy but it's really starting to weird me out. Either he has some Memento type [expletive] going on or he has no clue how to start a conversation.

[JackofDiamonds]

You're going to get got. That hat is gone.

[cardsfansince82]

I'd gladly give him the hat if it meant not having that conversation anymore.

[planet planet]

Don't tell him, but I'm totally trademarking "REAL team".

[cardsfansince82]

He started crying and also lied and said he was diabetic.

Get the [expletive] out of here.

Tears streaming down his face. The best part is the lady that sits next to him actually is diabetic and everyone knows it because she doesn't participate in any of our food days. A real diabetic knows better than to depend on other people for food.

I have tears streaming down my face right now laughing about that whole sequence.

Crying because a free lunch is a half hour late is something a 2 year old might do, not anyone over the age of, say, 6.

You also have to factor in the conservative Glenn Beck angle. A person who rallies against dependence on big government throws a temper tantrum and lies when a free lunch is 30 minutes late.

I'm laughing my ass off right now because he is away from his desk and his phone is ringing. His ringtone is "Constant Craving" by KD Lang. You can't make this stuff up.

[planet planet]

He started crying and also lied and said he was diabetic.

Get the [expletive] out of here.

Tears streaming down his face. The best part is the lady that sits next to him actually is diabetic and everyone knows it because she doesn't participate in any of our food days. A real diabetic knows better than to depend on other people for food.

I have tears streaming down my face right now laughing about that whole sequence.

Crying because a free lunch is a half hour late is something a 2 year old might do, not anyone over the age of, say, 6.

You also have to factor in the conservative Glenn Beck angle. A person who rallies against dependence on big government throws a temper tantrum and lies when a free lunch is 30 minutes late.

I'm laughing my ass off right now because he is away from his desk and his phone is ringing. His ringtone is "Constant Craving" by KD Lang. You can't make this stuff up.

That's a good [expletive] song. That guy deserves major points for thinking outside of the box with his ringtone choice.

[cardsfansince82]

It's a good song, extremely weird ring tone. Maybe it's a reference to free pizza?