Work grievances

Bedfordblue

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A place to get all work related frustrations off your chest, bosses, colleagues, practices, anything that causes you to ponder the meaning of your existence etc.

I work with a guy who thinks he if far smarter than he actually is, has worked where I currently am for 20 years or so, so knows very little outside of the narrow band of requirements for repeating his job over and over again in the same environment.
His MO when faced with being seen to have messed up or even when he feels the need to distance himself from a potential cock up, is to go straight on the attack, throw stones in all directions and tell everyone else how they should be doing their job.
Drives me up the wall, he’s also very loud and has too much to say in team meeting, and generally uses terminology, phases or acronyms solely to make himself sound more useful than he is.
He’s from a rough part of London so plays on this self appointed image of growing up on the mean streets despite him now being very wealthy, and I suspect if he actually found himself in a tricky situation he would soil his kecks.
 

A place to get all work related frustrations off your chest, bosses, colleagues, practices, anything that causes you to ponder the meaning of your existence etc.

I work with a guy who thinks he if far smarter than he actually is, has worked where I currently am for 20 years or so, so knows very little outside of the narrow band of requirements for repeating his job over and over again in the same environment.
His MO when faced with being seen to have messed up or even when he feels the need to distance himself from a potential cock up, is to go straight on the attack, throw stones in all directions and tell everyone else how they should be doing their job.
Drives me up the wall, he’s also very loud and has too much to say in team meeting, and generally uses terminology, phases or acronyms solely to make himself sound more useful than he is.
He’s from a rough part of London so plays on this self appointed image of growing up on the mean streets despite him now being very wealthy, and I suspect if he actually found himself in a tricky situation he would soil his kecks.
I am puzzled with this.

There must be more. Come on. Let's have it. He once ate your packet of pickled onion monster munch didn't he?
 
I am puzzled with this.

There must be more. Come on. Let's have it. He once ate your packet of pickled onion monster munch didn't he?
If he had, he’s the sort of rotter that would leave the empty bag as evidence on someone else’s desk.

He carry’s on about him and his mates and their shenanigans as if they’re out on the bevy and up to no good every weekend when the reality is he lives in a massive house (constantly on about the size of his back garden), plays golf every weekend and has it about as rough as Prince Harry.
Also goes to watch Crystal Palace a bit and makes out he’s a low key hooligan, probobly because he swore at an opposition player.
He leads a privileged life but makes out he’s from the the equivalent of 1980s bronx.
 
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I’ve been on probation for three years now. The old guy I was supposed to be taking over from STILL hasn’t retired and has one illness after the other so can barely do the job.
They have been getting someone in from another dept to do his work for him, while I just get lumped with more and more pointless “training” exercises.
The last straw is this year they have increased the old guys contract yet again and are going to hire someone else to do his job instead of me. I’m getting to the point when I’m thinking of moving back to Glasgow and trying to get my old job back.
 
I’ve been on probation for three years now. The old guy I was supposed to be taking over from STILL hasn’t retired and has one illness after the other so can barely do the job.
They have been getting someone in from another dept to do his work for him, while I just get lumped with more and more pointless “training” exercises.
The last straw is this year they have increased the old guys contract yet again and are going to hire someone else to do his job instead of me. I’m getting to the point when I’m thinking of moving back to Glasgow and trying to get my old job back.
Have you upset this man who sounds desperately ill?
 

We've got a new guy in accounts who rocks up in an 80's fit suit for no reason, he is straight from management books. He asks how your weekend is, and if someone says 'not much' he presses to ask what you did even more. If he is on a work call (very loud), and his mobile rings, he picks it up to say he is on a work call

Needless to say, I'm a big fan so far as he is really riling others
 
The previous boss HATED me, even gave me a slap once on a works night out.
New Boss is all right, though doesn’t have any confidence in me.
A work night out in Portugal? ...

I think I sense the conundrum here...

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We've got a new guy in accounts who rocks up in an 80's fit suit for no reason, he is straight from management books. He asks how your weekend is, and if someone says 'not much' he presses to ask what you did even more. If he is on a work call (very loud), and his mobile rings, he picks it up to say he is on a work call

Needless to say, I'm a big fan so far as he is really riling others
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