I’ve been in no mood for blogging this week due to ridiculous drama at work. I’m not directly involved in it, fortunately, but as a result of this insanity my best, most competent co-worker (and good friend) has been given an involuntary summer vacation and I got bumped back to the 8 AM shift to fill in for him.
And in the process I learned that several other co-workers are utter snakes, not to be trusted under any circumstances. Well, I already knew that about two of them, but the other surprised and disappointed me.
The most absurd and appalling thing about the whole situation is that people are backstabbing, lying, rumor-mongering, and slandering for the sheer hell of it. I can understand (but still not condone) behavior like this when there’s some prize at stake; ambitious and unscrupulous people fight like this for money, power, prestige, &c. But there’s simply nothing in this situation that’s worth fighting for, at least not with anywhere near this level of animosity and intensity; it’s petty, penny-ante bullshit.
The bright side, such as it is, is that I’ll only be doing this job until I finish my degree. I’d thought about sticking around longer, and the subject was actually broached to me by my boss’s boss, but if this kind of shit is allowed to go on, I’m just not interested. It’s no fun working in this kind of soap-opera environment, having to watch every word I say and wonder who’s saying what to whom…
Do any of my loyal readers anticipate needing a general-purpose IT geek in about six months? Preferably outside of Michigan?
The pettiness of my fellow inmates in the monkey house never fails to amaze me. You should have seen the Peyton Place drama bullshit that went on at the Mickey Dee’s co-located with the gas station I last worked at. Who knew being head french fry guy was worth so much Machiavellian schemery?