Almost got fired......

[missioncontrol]

I went to work last night and the guard stopped me before I entered the building. He told me to wait there while he called out a supervisor. The supervisor told me to go home and come back in the morning....

Well turns out one of my co-workers who continually tries to put everyone down in a joking way got upset because I put him down in the same type of manner and whined to the supervisor about it the night before....

They said I brought hostile feelings to the work environment and told me  I needed to change my ways or I'd be out the door......

Well I told them "fine, I just won't communicate with this guy except for only when it pertains to work"

they told me that I still needed to joke around with him and not alienate him.... WTF

man I can't stand it when someone can dish it out but then not be able to take it and almost cost someone their job over the same thing that they do.........

/rant

[Stingray]

Sadly enough, idiots are everywhere. Glad you didn't lose your job because of this bozo.

-S

[missioncontrol]

Sadly enough, idiots are everywhere. Glad you didn't lose your job because of this bozo.

-S

Thanks... I'm glad I didn't lose my job either, but now I'll have to watch my back from this bozo..........

[DaveMMR]

Fight fire with fire.  When your co-worker puts you or someone else down in a joking way, run to your supervisior and tell him that your co-worker is creating a hostile environment.

I don't really advocate "tattling" on co-workers, but it sounds like a no-win situation and he already opened the floodgates anyway. 

I'm glad I work in a place where we can practically make each other cry without interferance from management.

[tommy]

You have to be really carefull who you insult in a joking way in the workplace, the owners don't need a lawsuit and it's much easier to just fire you.

[Crazy Cooter]

Just tell the boss the guy came on to you and said he'd make up stories and get you fired unless he had his way with you.  Scratch your thigh beforehand and say he did it when he tried to grab onto your boys.

You'll never see the guy again... unless he goes postal on you... then run.

[missioncontrol]

Just tell the boss the guy came on to you and said he'd make up stories and get you fired unless he had his way with you.

[ChadTower]

Are the two of you the same race?  If not, which is he?  I've found a lot of places that will do that sort of thing always defend the minority because it's so easy to bring a discrimination lawsuit now.

[missioncontrol]

Are the two of you the same race?

[ChadTower]

So it comes down to the fact that he can dish it out but is so bad at taking it he whines to the bosses.   Nice.

[walls83]

mission not to get off subject but I hate your avatar. Everytime I see I watch it for like 3 mins and laugh.

is that wrong?


back to the main subject.  There is always someone like that.  But around here the whinners get fired.

[General Zod]

DON'T do anything while at work, you might play right into someone's trap.

The smart co-worker ( meaning you !!

[ChadTower]

mission not to get off subject but I hate your avatar. Everytime I see I watch it for like 3 mins and laugh.

I bet it was a pitbull that threw the ball.

[cholin]

Man the first time I saw that I watched it for at least 5 mins just laughing because the kid's got no clue what's goin on!  Anyways, whine back, dont do anything but complain.  Anything else, can and will get you fired, you fight fire with fire...the wuss way.  This will get the guy a nice talking to by the boss and Ill bet he wont talk to you much anymore...

[missioncontrol]

I wish I could remember where I found that avatar....I'm pretty sure there were others just as funny....

I have never went to a boss whinning about another co-worker and don't think I could.........

[cholin]

Youre gonna have to suck it up and whine, otherwise he's getting the best of you...

[Chris]

I wish I could remember where I found that avatar....I'm pretty sure there were others just as funny....

I wonder what it's from... with that E logo in the corner, is it a promotional clip from a movie or something?

[tommy]

mission not to get off subject but I hate your avatar. Everytime I see I watch it for like 3 mins and laugh.

I bet it was a pitbull that threw the ball.

Those balls are dangerous, maybe you should ban them chad.

[Shape D.]

Or we could just ban children and avoid the problem completely.

[quarterback]

I put him down in the same type of manner

What did you say?

[fredster]

I hate PC bosses.

I worked as a supervisor at a factory.

[ChadTower]

UAW?

[missioncontrol]

UAW?

Union of Auto Workers

I think.......

[fredster]

United Auto Workers

Same Union as the Big 3.

Guy told me he'd have my job and I wasn't his supervisor.  Then he made a comment about my wife.

[missioncontrol]

I was close..........

I smiled and told him "Jeff, I'm an American, I can do anything I want.  Just when I'm done, I can't work here anymore.  But some things are just worth it"

good one... I may have to remember that one.......

[quarterback]

I hate PC bosses.
....

Next day, my PC boss, Jeff, calls me into his office.

[fredster]

That's what I thought.  What has happened to America?

[ChadTower]

You know damn well the offender has ten times the amount of rights of the victim in today's America.

[Avery]

Be careful here - I was here once upon a time - someone pegged me as their major competition and waged quite the whispering campaign against me.

[RayB]

"I'm an American, I can do anything I want."

Uh, no you can't. Though I'm sure you love to believe that.

[Shape D.]

"I'm an American, I can do anything I want."

Uh, no you can't. Though I'm sure you love to believe that.

Um yes he can, laws don't dictate behaviour. granted he would have to pay the penalty for said action.

[fredster]

Uh, no you can't. Though I'm sure you love to believe that.

Um yes he can, laws don't dictate behaviour. granted he would have to pay the penalty for said action.

Absolutely right.  Nobody can stop me from being an IDIOT. Hell, that's what makes America the best country in the FREAKING world.

Besides RayB, you left off the qualifier in my point and short quoted me -

I'm an American, I can do anything I want.  Just when I'm done, I can't work here anymore.  But some things are just worth it

And now Avery, please, you haven't had trouble like this have you? -

1) NEVER EVER talk to HR people.  They are all SNAKES. It's part of their job to be SNAKES.  When they pat you on the back, they are just looking for a soft spot to stab.

2) You will not change anybody's minds.  It's FUTILE to try. You don't have any power or you wouldn't have been chastised by the jerks in the first place.  You'll come off a whiner. 

3) Don't talk to the co-workers.  Hell, that's what got you in trouble the FIRST time. Duh.
What good will that do?  They will just give you moral support.

4) You can't win against the MAN.  You have to be the MAN. 

Since this is the greatest economy in the world, there is more than one job in it.

I suggest that when the crap gets too much, punch up Monster.com and pick up the newspaper.  Also, dropping some resumes at headhunter's offices doesn't hurt.  It's a very big country with so much opportunity that millions of illegal aliens storm our boarders every year just to be a part of us 

[missioncontrol]

4) Talk to an HR person.

[RayB]

Oh I see. "I can do whatever I want until I get caught". Well you know what, you can get away with ALOT MORE in countries like Romania, where lawlessness rules the land. Maybe you'd truly be free there.

[quarterback]

I put him down in the same type of manner

management and HR are all pretty much taking his side, but all the co-workers have taken my side and let their feelings known to management that they feel I'm being treated unfairly.

So what exactly did you say?


Clearly there are people here who are willing to take your side without having any idea about what specifically happened.   But I'm curious to know exactly what it was you did.  Did you say you'd hit him with a pipe? Did you say you weren't going to share your dessert with him anymore?   Did you say you were going to go rape his daughter?   

[missioncontrol]

So what exactly did you say?

I just merely made jokes at his expense and laughed at him for forgetting to put a ticket in a fiberglass sleave he was building (which we all forget to do sometimes, and are laughed at by whoever catches it)......

The same thing he does to everyone else...........

Clearly there are people here who are willing to take your side without having any idea about what specifically happened.

everyone taking my side was there or around the area.........

[DrewKaree]

Oh I see. "I can do whatever I want until I get caught". Well you know what, you can get away with ALOT MORE in countries like Romania, where lawlessness rules the land. Maybe you'd truly be free there.

You keep ignoring the blatant point being made.  It has nothing to do with being CAUGHT whatsoever.

You can do whatever you want to as an American. 

You aren't realizing or reading anything beyond that.  You're missing the entire point that Fredster and Shape are making to you.  You're free to do whatever you want - but consequences may ensue.

You're missing the part where they POINTED OUT the probability of consequences for one's actions, and running wild with your belief of what they're trying to say.

[quarterback]

Clearly there are people here who are willing to take your side without having any idea about what specifically happened.

everyone taking my side was there or around the area.........

I was actually referring to people here in this thread.

[danny_galaga]

challenge him to a wrestling match (",)

[RetroBorg]

Sounds like this whinging co-worker is a bit of a nancy / momma's boy, I personally would hang $hit on him everytime there are no witnesses and carry a mini tape recorder with you and catch anything incriminating he may say at you, I also recommend upping the ante with a bit of physical intimidation if possible, he's obviously insecure and you've beaten him at his own game. F@?K him!

I recently was having a bit of trouble with a fellow employee who was giving me a bit of $hit and I noticed he had some sort of germ phobia, he was always washing his hands all the time and I recalled a time someone touched his hair he freaked out a little, anyway one shift he started up and I warned him to stop but he didn't, he had himself a bit of an audience and was obviously enjoying himself at my expense, later on when there were no witnesses I reminded him of my warning and grabbed him, put him in a headlock, ruffled up his hair and gave him a juicy wet willie, he freaked out but never gave me $hit again.