Did you hear that?
It was overspray from the shit hitting the fan.
Have you ever witnessed two Goliath company's go head to head?
Have you ever witnessed two Goliath company's go head to head who are supposedly in a joint venture?
Have you ever witnessed two Goliath company's go head to head who are supposedly in a joint venture only to be caught in the middle? Only to be the one squished when their heads actually collide?
Have you?
It's awkward.
People either love you or hate you, depending on whose side you are on even though I guess it's more like whose side of the bench you are on because, technically, it's the same side of the field.
My Thursday was spent getting slammed from each side.
Remember Raging Asshole? His request was temporarily granted for me to stay and help.
That was at 9 am.
By 9:30 shit was hitting the fan.
He apparently didn't want me to actually do all his work with the entire world knowing I was doing it. No, he wanted to keep shitting on my desk and taking credit for the diamonds I was making.
As you can imagine, when the Goliath who hired me gave the OK and copied Raging Asshole's Goliath boss things got ugly.
Really ugly.
But, Raging Asshole never picked up the phone to explain to the Goliath that gave me the orders that those measures were not what he really wanted, so the ugliness continued.
I may have sent Raging Asshole an email in a moment of rage. I copied all of god's creation. The President of Raging Asshole's Goliath company called me to discuss the email. I was told it may have hurt people's feeling. He never said it was inappropriate or uncalled for, although I feel terrible about it now, in retrospect.
But, really? He whined to the President? Seriously, are we in high school?
I'm exhausted from the drama.
I see you, you are dying to know what the email said.
Have you ever witnessed two Goliath company's go head to head who are supposedly in a joint venture?
Have you ever witnessed two Goliath company's go head to head who are supposedly in a joint venture only to be caught in the middle? Only to be the one squished when their heads actually collide?
Have you?
It's awkward.
People either love you or hate you, depending on whose side you are on even though I guess it's more like whose side of the bench you are on because, technically, it's the same side of the field.
My Thursday was spent getting slammed from each side.
Remember Raging Asshole? His request was temporarily granted for me to stay and help.
That was at 9 am.
By 9:30 shit was hitting the fan.
He apparently didn't want me to actually do all his work with the entire world knowing I was doing it. No, he wanted to keep shitting on my desk and taking credit for the diamonds I was making.
As you can imagine, when the Goliath who hired me gave the OK and copied Raging Asshole's Goliath boss things got ugly.
Really ugly.
But, Raging Asshole never picked up the phone to explain to the Goliath that gave me the orders that those measures were not what he really wanted, so the ugliness continued.
I may have sent Raging Asshole an email in a moment of rage. I copied all of god's creation. The President of Raging Asshole's Goliath company called me to discuss the email. I was told it may have hurt people's feeling. He never said it was inappropriate or uncalled for, although I feel terrible about it now, in retrospect.
But, really? He whined to the President? Seriously, are we in high school?
I'm exhausted from the drama.
I see you, you are dying to know what the email said.
I'm scared to share because I am not a mean person. I swear to it. But, if you continue to push and micro-manage me I explode. Especially since Raging Asshole continually complains about being over worked and too busy yet he can tell me to do stuff someone else just sent an email on 10 minutes prior who also happened to give me a phone call even before the email. Seriously, if you have time to email me to make a 2 minute phone call, you are wasting not only my time but yours as well because the actual call would take less than the time spent writing the email.
Do you see?
It could get a girl worked up. I mean, I have someone who tattles to his President, who pretends he's doing all the work I've been doing and then tells me how to do the job I was hired to do. Then add to it the Goliath who is paying my bill can't even communicate with Raging Asshole it's a recipe for disaster.
Total freaking disaster.
Unfortunately, my email didn't warrant being fired. In fact, it gave me the opportunity to expose Raging Asshole completely. But, even if Raging Asshole's President thought I should be fired it would not happen. Although, I wish it had because going back is the last thing I want to do. Mostly because Raging Asshole is now micro-managing me via his assistant.
Sigh.
What does not kill me makes me stronger.
On a totally unrelated note...sewage is erupting from one of the condo units bathroom sinks where I am finishing out Construction.
Imagine that.
All this talk about shit hitting the fan and some poor tenant is now dealing real live shit. The cause...UNKNOWN! No really, I saw with my own two eyes the video of 20 feet of drain with absolutely no clog.
Shit can't just fly out of sink for no reason.
This place is haunted.
I swear.
9 comments:
Todd says "Good for you!!! I'm proud of your balls! Business isn't about making people feel good...it's about getting the job done...without whining!" I agree...u deserve to get credit for your ability to use your brain. I don't appreciate getting backed into a corner either...things tend to explode that way. And as you explained, shit happens! I don't think you're mean, i think you've shown restraint : ) Linda & Todd
I agree don't let RA get ANY credit for your work. Remember they came to you. Beside whe all is said and done you get to BLOG about it. AND I love that.
If it were me no amount of money would make me stay with all of the pressure. There are other jobs out there that won't make your blood pressure rise. It's not worth it.
Have a great week-end...and lets hope with not too much rain.
Lee :)
I used to work in the rat race with a raging asshole of my own. God, I am so glad that I got out. I would have never survived. Good for you!!
Raging Asholes...that is WHY I quit my job, or at lest one of the MANY reasons
In other words....things are going really great!?! Sheesh! I'm with you on the drama thing...just reading it I want it to all go away. I hope things aren't too terribly awkward when the shit has cleared the air...
Good luck.
We hear you on the drama. Wow. Sounds like things are really a mess and you ARE stuck in the middle. Hope things get better for you soon...and the fan gets cleaned...
Kick his ASS!! Take all the credit. If you did it, you deserve the credit. If RA wants the credit dont do his work for him.
Ugh, I went through something similar during a very hostile takeover. My boss (CFO) felt it necessary to tell me he was going to be out next week and not to do anything to get myself fired in his absence. Maybe I should mention I was on clomid at the time and was a complete angry, raging, lunatic.
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