Completely selfish rant. (Long, but I don't care because it's for ME)

The BBQ Pit
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And I dont’ give a shit, it’s okay to be selfish sometimes.

**To the people I work with who intend to throw me a going away party Friday: **

What could possibly make you think I want to spend 2 hours standing around staring into your vacant faces listening to you say things you don’t mean? I am fully aware the the majority of you can’t stand me because I have no problem letting you know that I think you are unproductive and prime examples of the stereotypical government worker.

I know that the most useless of you has called me names for making you look like the lazy little fuckwad that you really are. I guess to be fair I should be willing to take the blame for that. I mean, after all, when you went on vacation for a week I probably didn’t have to complete every fucking thing on your work order list in two days. I’m sorry if that embarrassed you, but I had no idea you gave an estimate of six fucking weeks to our supervisor to finish the work. I’m sorry that in addition to handling my own 4 areas , I have been assigned over the last year to take over 3 of your 4 areas because the people you are supposed to service called the director of ITG and indicated a desire to be down and unable to work rather than have you come and “fix” the problem. I’m sure it’s somehow my fault that the last person who made that complaint that actually threw a fucking paperweight at your head because you mamged to lose the only copy of her grant proposal despite her requesting repeatedly that you run the backup on her system before you began working on it.

I now handle 7 areas instead of four, which crowds my schedule even more, and you still have the gall to try and get me to help you in the one area you still have. When I refuse you actually go and complain to our supervisor. :rolleyes:

Under normal circumstances I would have been happy to help, but last time I took one of your work orders because you were so “busy” you sat at your desk while I went to do your work and played video games. :mad:

And as for the little shitholes in your buddy buddy group, I care nothing for them, and have no desire to migle in any way, shape, or form. You and they dislike me for being a hard worker and having a good work ethic, even though my hard work benefits you more often than not.

When you went on vacation, I volunteered to handle your areas so that you wouldn’t get so far behind that you’d never see light. When I went to bury my grandmother not one of you handled anything in my area, including the emergencies, because it “wasn’t your job.”

So please forgive me if I don’t want your “party.” Quite frankly, I seem to remember one of your pointing out a few months ago that they only went to the going away parties because it got you out of having to work. Don’t feel bad when i don’t show up to my own going away party. Even though it’s on my last day, I have an appointment with one of my customers to fix a problem, and it coincides with the party time.

I did that on purpose. Enjoy the cake, assholes.

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If that’s your idea of a selfish rant, I hate to see you really being selfish!

You have, in my professional opinion, what is known as a Good Work Ethic. Don’t worry, it’s not terminal. Many a folk have gone on to live happy, productive lives with GWE and I think you’ll be one of 'em.

And, yes, whatever you do, don’t show up for your ‘party’.

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That will teach them, welby!! Perhaps a nicely worded letter to HR about these issues?

(BTW, after your baby rescue, you can rant about anything. ANYTHING. You deserve it.)

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I think you need to print this out and stick it on the bulletin board as a going away present.

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Don’t skip the party completely. Show up five minutes beforehand and steal the cake.

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Hey, don’t know going away parties en toto. I got a great one a couple of years ago: steak dinner at a great restaurant under Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey (yes, under), good drinks (the hard stuff), and not a penny of the bill to me. The company I worked for at the time sucked, but the VP for whom I directly worked was great.

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Well Monty, the few people that I do like to work with are all taking me out for a drink or twelve tomorrow. That’s the going away party I want.

My stomach turns when I think of those lazy fucks I can’t stand stuffing thier faces with cake that has my name on it. I have to go puke now.

Capybara and Ivylass: I’m taking steps to ensure that someone with decision making power will know about this. Part of the exit process from the job is to fill out a form that tells about your work experience here. It goes directly to the director of Human Resources and the County Manager. I was so happy to hear that I get to do that. It’s like giving a kid a box of candy and saying “Knock youself out!”

Perhaps I sound a little bitter, or even obsessive about it, but I’ve been working on my exit essay for about a week, and am providing statistical information about work productivity for my department, broken down by employee.

In the course of my research, I became madder than ever.

Number of work orders completed over the past 6 months by me: 468

Number of major projects completed over the last 6 months by me: 4

Next closest co-worker is at 154 and 0.

Next to that is 72 and 0.

Next is 68 and 1.

So essentially, I’ve completed more work than the next 3 co-workers combined.

These people get a paycheck. :rolleyes:

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Heh. I had a going away party once. I told them not to do it, that I didn’t like it and didn’t want a cake or anything.

So they brought me a cheesecake, which is techincally, I guess, a pie.

To be fair, I actually liked them, I just didn’t want a party.

I think it’s cool you’re not going, but then I get a big kick out of doing stuff like that, so my opinion probably wouldn’t count for much. :slight_smile:

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So, what happened?

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Can you post your essay, welby, or were those figures you gave pretty much the best of it?