Enemies
Apparently I have an arch-nemesis. No, seriously.
A guy at the place where I work (a term I use loosely) has always been a bit strange. A bit difficult. He sometimes does unusual things that most normal people would not consider doing in a regular working day. Well, maybe that isn't right, actually. A regular working day at a place that is as laid back as the place where I work.
The unusual things he does normally makes my job more difficult. I have to talk to the customers, etc and clean up his mess. I never really thought that much of it. It was just him being a bit weird.
But...
Apparently...
He was doing that to get back at me for all the things that I deliberately do to make his life difficult.
What do I do? I am a service co-ordinator. He is a technician. I organise his daily runs, along with 3 other techs. They generally get a maximum of 7 jobs a day, booked a day in advance. Occasionally they get eight. And occasionally, rarely, when we had a really bad whinger (a technical term from the service industry) I will call one of the techs and add the job in on the day.
That's what I do. There isn't really a lot I can do to make his life difficult. I could send him from one side of the city to the other, but to do that I would generally have to do the same thing to one of the other techs to cover. I could give him all the difficult jobs but, again, that'd mean sending other techs all over the city to cover. I could make sure I ring him every time to add in extra jobs, but, well, if he can't do it he can't do it.
But, I've been doing my best to piss him off for about 2 years. First I've heard of it.
Most people who know me will say I'm honest and laid back. I can also be a prick. Who's always wonderfully nice? Sometimes lack a bit of tact (only when I couldn't be bothered). But be a real prick or that long? Come on, that would take more effort than it's worth. I don't hold grudges. I'm not vindictive. I generally make it obvious how I feel about people then get on with life. As I said, the guy is strange, but I never actually disliked him.
So anyway, I'm off home now to iron my nifty black costume and practice my maniacal laugh.
A guy at the place where I work (a term I use loosely) has always been a bit strange. A bit difficult. He sometimes does unusual things that most normal people would not consider doing in a regular working day. Well, maybe that isn't right, actually. A regular working day at a place that is as laid back as the place where I work.
The unusual things he does normally makes my job more difficult. I have to talk to the customers, etc and clean up his mess. I never really thought that much of it. It was just him being a bit weird.
But...
Apparently...
He was doing that to get back at me for all the things that I deliberately do to make his life difficult.
What do I do? I am a service co-ordinator. He is a technician. I organise his daily runs, along with 3 other techs. They generally get a maximum of 7 jobs a day, booked a day in advance. Occasionally they get eight. And occasionally, rarely, when we had a really bad whinger (a technical term from the service industry) I will call one of the techs and add the job in on the day.
That's what I do. There isn't really a lot I can do to make his life difficult. I could send him from one side of the city to the other, but to do that I would generally have to do the same thing to one of the other techs to cover. I could give him all the difficult jobs but, again, that'd mean sending other techs all over the city to cover. I could make sure I ring him every time to add in extra jobs, but, well, if he can't do it he can't do it.
But, I've been doing my best to piss him off for about 2 years. First I've heard of it.
Most people who know me will say I'm honest and laid back. I can also be a prick. Who's always wonderfully nice? Sometimes lack a bit of tact (only when I couldn't be bothered). But be a real prick or that long? Come on, that would take more effort than it's worth. I don't hold grudges. I'm not vindictive. I generally make it obvious how I feel about people then get on with life. As I said, the guy is strange, but I never actually disliked him.
So anyway, I'm off home now to iron my nifty black costume and practice my maniacal laugh.
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