Fucking people.

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Well, I guess it's just one coworker, who I've mentioned before. But I've already typed it up, so here's my "cut'n'paste".

Oh yeah this fucker at work... well, I've had a couple drinks (times a couple or so) now...but one thing I remember that majorly pissed me off was this. Most of you probably won't understand it, but this is a fucking rant anyways.

(Talking about a photocopier.)
The Idiot: "Well they were complaining about light copies so I took out the toner and enriched it a bit, and then looked at the developer and it looked light so I put some more in it, too. Then it made quite nice copies. But then apparently a week later it was making light copies again. So I don't know what's going on."

Now, although what he said really made no sense whatsoever, I assumed that he was simply screwing up in describing a procedure that we do use to darken copies. Even after assuming this, he was still missing a step.

Me: "Well did you do an auto-toner? You can enrich it like that but if you don't do an auto-toner it'll just go back to how it was before."

Him: "Yes when I found that the copies were light again I looked into it and found out that that's what I had forgotten. If I would've remembered that at the time it would've stayed good."

GODDAMN IT YOU FUCKING SONOFABITCH LIAR! You didn't fucking know what the fuck was going on until i mentioned it just now. Yeah sure you come up with your smartass remark now in front of the senior coworkers. But you know what? Even thought I was the first one to dislike you because of your cocky know-it-all attitude, they've all caught on now. No one likes you, and it's just a short matter of time before the boss decides to fire you because you're an incompetent piece of shit who thinks he's the new guy who already knows how to fix anything when he's never seen this shit before.

You try fixing any of the machines I fixed today! Yeah sure, it wasn't many, but the one job that ended up being quick for me, well, you probably would've had the machine half ripped apart trying to find the problem, and then never found it. Took me about thirty seconds to figure out and fix the problem. Or what about the two color machines? Well, the first one you probably would've figured the same as I initially did, but then I'd be willing to bet, with your track record, that you'd have wrecked something before you'd have gotten it back together and working. The second, well, you'd probably still be trying to figure it out if the place was open at 10pm.

Just get off your fucking high horse and quit. Seriously. You've had this know-it-all attitude long enough that no one here even wants to talk to you, let alone take you along to a job.

Tell me three things you can adjust in "oh-five" mode.

Tell me three things you can set in "oh-eight" mode.

Oh, right. You remember how to set a display banner from "oh-eight" mode. That's three settings right there. That's fifty percent, I guess. How about a format? A touchscreen calibration? A NIC board calibration? Can't quite remember? Didn't think so!

Ready, set, GOOOOOOOO....find another goddamn job!
 
There are always people that have to act like that. I'm a bit guilty of it myself sometimes in front of high-level people. I'm trying to get out of it.

Tell you what, you catch me acting like that, you get a free hit. Deal? :happysad:
 
What a waste that asshole is, I REALLY expecially hate people like that. The new guy who is just so much better than everyone else, but actually isn't, just trying to get by on attitude. LOSER. I hope he falls down an open elevator shaft onto some bullets.
 
I hate people like that. I've got this asshole in my web design class that wont leave me the fuck alone, commenting on my html code and layout, thinking his shit is SOOO badass.

Fuckers...
 
Thanks for the replies, people! I wrote this up in a bit of a drunken rage lastnight. (I think it was lastnight, anyway.)

The only reply I really have anything to say to is DG's...and not in an offensive way. I know you don't know me, so I won't take it personally. But I'll say this much. With the combination of this idiot thinking he knows what he's doing, and the new guy who I'm trying to somewhat train (another new guy who actually shows some potential), I just want to get out of the shop and get some shit fixed, and my brain just works fucking harder.

With some help from one or two of the senior coworkers, I've figured out more shit this week with these machines than this idiot is likely to figure out in his life. At least at the rate he's going.

LOL Even the brand new guy...today was his third day in the shop...he already doesn't like this guy. I guess he's had my negative(?) influence on him for the most part of those three days, but still. I've ended up leaving him sitting at the shop for a bit with the idiot, so he's had some time to form his own opinion. And it's negative.

I'm just waiting for the friday evening when he leaves, and someone tells me he won't be coming back on monday!

Hey, I honestly just remembered that he isn't in tomorrow! He has the day off! It's going to be heaven! We might actually get something done, seeing as we won't have to babysit him!

FUCKING AWESOME, WTF.COM!!!!
 
Your brain will work harder if you let frustration overclock you. That's my point. Nothing more. I'm just saying not to let it get to you. Obviously you just want to do your job. But in the end you just have to shrug and let it go. You are not the one who hired him, your not the one who has to pay for his mistakes, and your not the one who has to fire him.


*you're. stfu.
 
Heh, that's why I said it wasn't personal. Still isn't. I'm just thinking that on one hand he makes me think harder, but on the other hand he's costing the company money just paying his wage, not to mention paying for the shit he wrecks.

(Yes, I've had a few drinks again tonight. It's a normal evening.)

I guess it comes down to his fucking smartass attitude. There's been more than once when I've argued a bit with a senior coworker about what I thought was wrong with a machine, and then found out I was wrong. I admitted I realized I was wrong, and apologized for my attitude. Then today, there was a situation where a senior coworker and I clashed on a problem. I had my idea, and he had his. When I dug into things, it turned out that we were both right. Basically he said a unit was seized and the motor stopped turning, and I said that possibly something was broken so the motor kept spinning but nothing worked. Turned out that the unit was seized, so something had broken so the motor would keep spinning with nothing happening. (Details omitted for ease of reading for anyone who got this far.) :tongue:

Again, nothing personal. But although I may not be the one who has to pay for his mistakes, I have to be one of the people to put up with his bullshit when we both happen to be in the shop and I'm trying to get something done. He has something to ask about everything, and then he questions every answer. Every. Answer. Even if it logically makes sense when you know something about these machines.

I just thank god he's not around tomorrow! :D
 
;950658']Or you could unscrew the light bulb in the restroom and cover the toilet in saran wrap.

(Not the lift- lid, but the actual bowl. Pull tight to ensure "invisibility". )

This is both hilarious and catastrophic when done to women.
 
Heard of that too, Hos. I dunno what we're gonna do, but the bunch of us who don't like him are going to have to do something quick.

I found out today that I'm booked for a Toshiba photocopier technician training course sometime in November. Not sure when, yet. Should be good, although I don't really know what to expect about "going to class", seeing as the only class time I've ever had was drivers' ed classes.

The downside: apparently the idiot is going with me. It's going to be hell. We're driving to Edmonton, Alberta, which is about an eight hour drive. Taking a company vehicle. Hotel, course, and meals are all paid. All I have to pay for is booze. And if this guy is coming, I'll probably spend a bunch of money on booze.

Anyways, when I heard that he's going along, I said that I'm driving. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Unless the boss is the one talkin'. He's the new guy, anyway. He gets no say.

So it seems like the rest of us are going to do anything and everything in our power to make him quit. Hopefully it works.
 
Brach, my unsolicited advice is to NOT drink around this guy. You should only drink around people you trust. Let him get drunk and do something fucking retarded on the company dime.
 
OK I just got back on the site after a few days away from the net...and DG, that's impossible. He doesn't drink. He's diabetic, so he's scared of anything and everything that he doesn't know.

Whatever.

I just had a good chat with a good friend tonight (same friend I've mentioned a few times before, who recently got into some shit), and she figures just take it easy and don't worry about it. If he ends up coming along, just play the seniority (sp?) card if he disagrees with anything. Shouldn't be too bad, thinking about it from that angle, as he seems to listen (somewhat) if I tell him how things are going to go.

Thanks for reading, people! But thankfully, this should be over before I know it. Cross your fingers for me, eh?
 
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