Comments on: When assistants bite: venom from the ground up http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9019 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:19:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: bryn http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9019/comment-page-1#comment-31833 bryn Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:52:54 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9019#comment-31833 Frank, you are my hero! Oh, the people I wish I could do that to... Frank, you are my hero! Oh, the people I wish I could do that to…

]]> By: Frank http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9019/comment-page-1#comment-31828 Frank Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:16:10 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9019#comment-31828 Had a supervisor who was trying to get me kicked out of the Army, for no discernible reason, other than perhaps, a personal dislike of anyone that was a better soldier than he was. He pretended to be my buddy, while constantly stabbing me in the back. A friend of mine in the Army legal department alerted me to his antics. One day, he came over to my room after getting all sweaty and nasty at the gym. (He was grossly overweight and at risk of being booted out, himself!) I asked if he'd like some water, and after sitting his nasty self down on my bunk, asked me for water. I ran the sink, dipped his glass in the toilet, and then turned the sink off and took it back to him. He drank it down like it was Evian. Abusive supervisors beware: Sometimes, the abused will strike back. In SPADES!! Had a supervisor who was trying to get me kicked out of the Army, for no discernible reason, other than perhaps, a personal dislike of anyone that was a better soldier than he was. He pretended to be my buddy, while constantly stabbing me in the back. A friend of mine in the Army legal department alerted me to his antics.

One day, he came over to my room after getting all sweaty and nasty at the gym. (He was grossly overweight and at risk of being booted out, himself!) I asked if he’d like some water, and after sitting his nasty self down on my bunk, asked me for water. I ran the sink, dipped his glass in the toilet, and then turned the sink off and took it back to him. He drank it down like it was Evian.

Abusive supervisors beware: Sometimes, the abused will strike back. In SPADES!!

]]> By: Kate http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9019/comment-page-1#comment-31801 Kate Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:31:44 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/9019#comment-31801 When I first started my job in April, my assistant was about 35 years older than me and we started out on a pretty good foot. After a few months (and some delegating on my part), she would constantly get her back up on projects we were doing and at times fully dismissed any of my emails or messages and wouldn't do her work. It got to the point where either she was leaving or I was. Luckily, she was fired. However, I didn't really consider who would be doing her work once she left... because now that person is me! Oh well, at least I can work in peace! When I first started my job in April, my assistant was about 35 years older than me and we started out on a pretty good foot. After a few months (and some delegating on my part), she would constantly get her back up on projects we were doing and at times fully dismissed any of my emails or messages and wouldn’t do her work. It got to the point where either she was leaving or I was. Luckily, she was fired. However, I didn’t really consider who would be doing her work once she left… because now that person is me!

Oh well, at least I can work in peace!

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