Waiting to get booted out.....

[LondonManc]

Reminds me of a nightmare PM I worked with once - amazed he ever got a job working with other human beings. He used to do all kinds of outrageous crap that would have gotten normal people fired, but he "got results" so they kept him on - a contractor no less!

Anyway, the office we were in had no assigned seating; despite this the guy used to stay signed in on his desktop and lock the display to stop anyone else using it. I came in once before him (he'd often sleep in until 9 and come in between 10-11 after a night of boozing) and there was nowhere else to sit so I took his seat and rebooted the machine to clear his session. He comes in and says I'm in his seat, I say we don't have assigned seats and I'm sitting here. He then asks how I logged in and I said I powered off the machine. He's like "oh no, you didn't? I had unsaved documents open!" I was eventually re-located by his boss finding me another seat after I said I'd just go home if he couldn't find me one.

There were other opportunities to wind this guy up, but this post is long enough already. Enjoy yourself, it's only work!

So you've deliberately rebooted his machine yet he's the one who shouldn't be working with people?

[seanraaron]

So you've deliberately rebooted his machine yet he's the one who shouldn't be working with people?

I've barely scratched the surface.

After a colleague complained about his unprofessional behaviour he cornered him in the toilets and said that going forward with the complaint "wouldn't be good for the team."

He also had a habit of breaking company rules on changes: going past go/no-go checkpoints, phoning on-call BAU support and strong-arming them over the phone - any of which would and did result in permanent members of staff being immediately terminated.

At an after work function he kicked one of the storage support guys in the balls so hard he needed to be taken to the A&E, this was because of some kind of verbal insult. He used to come in with black eyes after getting his ass kicked by bouncers because he wouldn't take "no you can't come in" for an answer.

The client actually hired the guy directly after all this BS, but he only lasted a week because he got into an email tiff with someone and wouldn't drop it after he was asked to. Apparently came in the next day and had his laptop taken off him at the door.

As far as messing with him goes, sometimes you need some fun at the office when things get slow. Winding up a total dick is a lot of fun.

[LondonManc]

I've barely scratched the surface.

After a colleague complained about his unprofessional behaviour he cornered him in the toilets and said that going forward with the complaint "wouldn't be good for the team."

He also had a habit of breaking company rules on changes: going past go/no-go checkpoints, phoning on-call BAU support and strong-arming them over the phone - any of which would and did result in permanent members of staff being immediately terminated.

At an after work function he kicked one of the storage support guys in the balls so hard he needed to be taken to the A&E, this was because of some kind of verbal insult. He used to come in with black eyes after getting his ass kicked by bouncers because he wouldn't take "no you can't come in" for an answer.

The client actually hired the guy directly after all this BS, but he only lasted a week because he got into an email tiff with someone and wouldn't drop it after he was asked to. Apparently came in the next day and had his laptop taken off him at the door.

As far as messing with him goes, sometimes you need some fun at the office when things get slow. Winding up a total dick is a lot of fun.

Must admit, it's been entertaining watching your Muslim apologist rants.

[seanraaron]

Must admit, it's been entertaining watching your Muslim apologist rants.

Sadly I'm not getting wound up. It's not necessary to "apologise" for Islam anyway, it's more about calling out ignorant nonsense when I see it.