Another Ass Coworker
Back at work, after a single-day weekend, trying to learn these kids some goddamned English. I’m kidding, of course; I have a much better attitude than that. Also, I’m doing a very good job at work this month. But things have happened that have made the academy a much more aggravating place to be.
First, our new foreign coworker is proof that a person can be intelligent but still a dumbass. The thought of him is like watching the dark clouds rolling and the sight of him is like the torrential downpour. Hearing him speak is like being struck by lightning. What is the mindset of those people who come to work here with a negative attitude? This isn’t a business trip. Your company did not force you to spend a year here. So why make a conscious decision to do something you don’t want to do? But, whatever, about the negativity — how about the self-centeredness and compulsive lying?
What did this idiot tell me within the first week of meeting him? I, fucking I, I, I. I went to culinary school/went to Johns Hopkins/got my Master’s degree/taught at the worst school in Baltimore/owned a pizza joint/cleaned up a pizza joint/won $20,000 at the casino/am a member of MENSA/ran a marathon/jogged 10km yesterday/am working on my second book/was president of the French club/had kidney surgery/played college football/speak German/boxed in college/grew up in Reno/come from a family of teachers/worked at a ski resort/saw that movie/heard that song/visited that place/follow that team/read that book/WON’T SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! Even in college with a lot of whiny rich-kid types I never heard so much self-promotion. But the key was the jogging. I was doubtful before, but when he said he’d run 10km one day I knew he was full of it. I’ve been on fire lately despite the cold weather and I know (not with that paunch) he hasn’t been running more than me. Note that my self-promotion is only for purposes of example.
I hate to hate people, but this bitch is already #1 on my Least Favorite People in Korea list and he sits right next to me. I am now sandwiched between a 50-year old Korean man who thinks he is my friend and waits for me to say something before moving his book off my desk and a person who says nothing I care about nor believe. Maybe that’s why I’ve been doing a good job…just so much irritation to channel into productiveness.
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I met someone like that- an outrageous liar. And it was also the running that confirmed it for me. This lady talked to me about all these things she had done or could do, and then told me that she had run 10 miles the day before. So in essence, she was telling me she had run between 1.5 and 2 hours the day before, right? My daughter was between 3-6 months old at the time, and I was running every day and getting back into shape. I didn’t run for hours, but would run between 2-3 miles after work and I was reasonably healthy. She smoked and was not in any kind of shape. It was so weird to me at the time that someone would compulsively need to lie like that. I learned later that she had told her husband she was one age, then after they were married he learned she was 10 years older than that. So. Weird.
dollface - January 24, 2009 at 6:35 am