Just curious to know what you guys think. I work with 2 other instructors and another guy who is the network admin. Today after lunch, the other 2 instructors and me were setting in the office when the network admin walked in.
The guys kept talking like they were trying to hide something from me. Example: "So, are we going to do what we talked about Sunday?". To which my co-instructor said; "Fine by me, are we also going to implement what I told you about earlier?" And so forth.....
Am I crazy or does it sound like I'm being left out of the loop??
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You are definately being left out of the loop on something. Ask your co worker what is going on. If you don't get a straight answer talk to your boss and ask him/her what is up.
You are defiantely being left out of the loop on something. Ask your co worker what is going on. If you odn't get a straight answer talk to your boss and ask him/her what is up.
I've done that to people to yank their chain. I've also started going "shhh!" when some one walks in a room even if we were only talking about the new Hungryman TV dinner.
There's probably nothing up or they wouldn't have been so enigmatic right in front of you.
Now I feel bad for yankin' people like that since it seems to have bothered you so much...I am an evil man....
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just because you're paranoid dose not mean they are not out to get you. i find there are many who have developed a taste for leather. most boot lickers love to do thier work when the object of thier attention is nowhere to be found. They are cowards and usually cry and shrink back into the shadows when confronted by a determined person. My suggestion, wait until the weakest member of the offending group goes into the bath room. if he goes into a stall, rush in and slam his butt with the door and tell him you caught him once, if he causes your rice bowl to be disturbed or interuppted, you will do much worse next time. Then put the boots to him. I saw this method applyed in South Carolina. Those good ole boys don't play games when money/jobs are concerned. If you are worried, it is best to confront the cowards and settle it first. If you lay down like a door mat, don't be surprised if people wipe thier feet on you. Remember, everyone is afraid of a crazy man!
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I've done that to people to yank their chain. I've also started going "shhh!" when some one walks in a room even if we were only talking about the new Hungryman TV dinner.
There's probably nothing up or they wouldn't have been so enigmatic right in front of you.
Now I feel bad for yankin' people like that since it seems to have bothered you so much...I am an evil man....
You're right, it may be nothing but, this has happened before and I'm starting to get fed up with it.
Rufus- Wow! Remind me not to pi** you off!! Yeah, and one of the instructors is definetly a boot licker, the other one is pretty cool so I may ask him whats going on.
BattleRifle & Troy- For now, I think I will just wait and see, not much I can do anyway.
Well keep us in the loop. I love inter office B/S gets the juices flowing. Someone hates me I just hate them back x 2.
I will keep you guys updated. I just thought of this. We have a competition for our students coming up this summer in Kansas City. No one ever wants to go. In fact, me and one instructor (we'll call him J) got into to it about 2 years ago over who was going.
My posisition is this. I am on a 9 month contract which ends May 9 or so. The competion is around the end of July. One of the instructors is on a longer contract so I think he should go.
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Boot lickers must be delt with in the harshest of ways.
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Originally Posted by iflylow74
Rufus- Wow! Remind me not to pi** you off!! Yeah, and one of the instructors is definetly a boot licker, the other one is pretty cool so I may ask him whats going on.
BattleRifle & Troy- For now, I think I will just wait and see, not much I can do anyway.
I've had to deal with these types of folks before. They are generally weak and are unable to stand on thier own laurels. So, in an effort to put themselves above the other, they resort to half-truths and out-right lies about those they desire to rise above are see as threats. Why the boss values them is hard to understand. By that i mean to say i can understand the value of a snitch but, realizisticlly speaking, one must ask themselves :"How long will it be before the snitch is reporting to someone about me?" Though many may view me as a moron, and I really shouldn't admit to this but, hey, we are family and I sense you are an honorable man just trying to get by without makeing waves, I have the honor of defeating, in a heads up match between Ronnie, the scrotu* licker, and management while in my employe with a well know car rental company. Briefly, Ronnie had been there for years and was well known to have run off many workers by guile and lies. I became the victum of his attacks because I was the new guy and the shop was union. He thought to make me is beatch for the amusement of the others while I just wanted to do my work and go home. The issue became the cleaning of the floor. The soap we used was very concentrated and hard to use. The floor had to be rinsed many times to remove all traces of the soap. After I caught wind of his pranks (just as you seem to have been alerted), I decided to show Ronnie just who he was dealing with. For I am a vengeful man and I'm "about half-smart", too! So, day after day i made a point of spending more time than the others to clean my floor by announceing loudly I wanted to please Ronnie so he would leave me alone. Each night, inviteing the boss down to inspect and sign off, sorta, that I had done my job as prescribed by the boot licker, ronnie. however, the floor was a death trap! Just a few drops of water, say from the A/C drain on the cars, was all it took to turn the floor into skate city! Ronnie howled for days. Finally, I was warned they were haveing a meeting to discuss how to deal with Rufus the bad man! So, i marched, univited, into the meeting and acted as if I was blameless! It was priceless! The station manager said: "Good, we were about to call you". "But, sir, what have I done?" "The floors are not being cleaned properly!" "But, Bob (my direct supervisor), You inspect my floor each night. Am I not cleaning it to your satisfaction? Don't i make a special effort to make sure the lines are the brightest of all the stalls?" Bob had no choice but to answer that I have been doing a wonderful job and that the others could learn from my efforts to have the cleanest bay in the whole building! To which i remarked: "Well, if I am doing a good job, then I fail to understand why I am here and why I am being accused of wrong doing." The station manager dismissed Ronnie and asked me to remain. As soon as Ronnie left he told me he knew Bob had been inspecting my floor and that I did a good job...but, he had to ask because he feared a union grieveance from Ronnie. As i left the office, i see Ronnie lurking near the water cooler acting as if he were drinking but, he had been istening. As we walked down the hallway, i suddenly turned on Ronnie....You should have seen the fear in his eyes....No brag, just fact, I'm a very big man compared to the worm called Ronnie. My only comment, made quietly so no one could hear: "You loose, Ronnie. Next time, your job." For the rest of my carreer, Ronnie troubled me no more. Later, i was informed, for 16 years Ronnie has been undefeated before management. I was the only person the defeat him. I'm proud to respond, in some occassions, "I've beaten better than you, before." The point? Don't allow them to abuse you, fight back! Beat them at thier own game. All the rest will respect you and you will find you have more friends than the boot licker!
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Boot lickers must be delt with in the harshest of ways. 
Ronnie howled for days. Finally, I was warned they were haveing a meeting to discuss how to deal with Rufus the bad man! So, i marched, univited, into the meeting and acted as if I was blameless! It was priceless! The station manager said: "Good, we were about to call you". "But, sir, what have I done?" "The floors are not being cleaned properly!" "But, Bob (my direct supervisor), You inspect my floor each night. Am I not cleaning it to your satisfaction? Don't i make a special effort to make sure the lines are the brightest of all the stalls?" Bob had no choice but to answer that I have been doing a wonderful job and that the others could learn from my efforts to have the cleanest bay in the whole building!
