Thursday, 14^th October 2004 | 12:06 AM
Please tell me this guy is being a jerk

My workplace is now a bloody Survivor arena. I know I've said it before. But I am finding it appalling and disgusting that it's mainly due to one person.

Bastard.

Not happy that we seemed to have taken the jobs he would like to have, he's now, with the new announcement of the merger, busy jockeying for positions in the new organisation at the expense of everybody else. Inflating his current standing in our company in the eyes of outsiders.

I find his behaviour disgusting and appalling, because he has no scruples whatsoever at elevating himself at the expense of others. He very carefully and sneakily shows people up during meetings, inflating a person's tiniest and most innocent errors, by couching his words in a patronisingly "oh, by the way, just trying to help" stance. But his own serious errors he would sweep under the now threadbare carpet under his feet - Doomsday will come and go, but his previous over-ordering which has landed us with crazy over-stocking can be blamed on publishers "errors" or not having been "straight up with us" instead of his own carelessness or over-enthusiasm. His ego, paranoia and insecurity is just sad.

Now that the news is official, he's busying jockeying for whatever position that is so that he can lord over the rest of us.

Bastard.

Maybe I'm too soft for corporate life. I don't believe in stooping to his levels, which is why I haven't gotten back at him. I don't believe it's worth it. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, I think. And him, I'd rather he remain in the latter category. The more he underestimates my ability and judgement, the better I am in the long run.

Am I being too soft and naive? Because I believe if I go saying "The Bastard is such a bastard.." etc to my current or future bosses I just feel it will reflect worse on me. And same if I just fight with him for the sake of not agreeing with him.

I like to pick my battles. Giving in to his baiting (he will say things like "Oh restless, I think that's a very dangerous way of makign buying decisions based on past sales records," and then just walk away without elaborating. Tell me he's a jerk.) is temporarily satisfying, but not very fruitful in the long run.

I don't think I should jeopardise my job in this company, and other future opportunities in the industry, just to get my kicks at not letting him have his way all the time.

Now I wish we WERE in bloody Survivor. Then all of us can plot to vote him out. And with that the game will end, but it's a stupid darn game in the first place. Unlike the bastard, there are some people who'd prefer letting their work speak for themselves, instead of lackeying for the limelight and hogging the glory and all that shit. Basking in their own stupid elephant-sized ego.

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