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3 words.
What a Bitch!
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>From: ravenraingoddess

>Hi gang!  We've all had them, haven't we?  People we see practically more
>than
>our families, who we can't stand.  Right now, I work with one of the WORST.
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>She's much older than me, about 52.  She has never had kids, and was the only
>girl in the family, so she became very set in her ways.  Sure, everyone is
>like
>that about some things, but this woman is insane.  She knows her job
>description to the letter, and WILL NOT alter anything in any way shape or
>form.  She does all the accounts payable, which means she writes checks. 
>Whenever we get paid on a large job, she will then write the checks for the
>subcontractors on that job.  Now, sometimes, we will get a partial payment,
>so
>naturally the question of how much we should pay the subs comes up.  She
>won't
>ask the project engineer.  She has me call upstairs, ask them what they want
>to
>do, and report back to her so that she can write the check.  WTF.  I mean,
>SHE
>is the one who needs to know how much to pay them, right?  It's not in her
>job
>description.  But, OK, she's been here 9 years to my 10 months, so I'm not
>going to argue the little dumb stuff.
>
>She's insanely nosy.  If you tell her one little fact about yourself, it
>turns
>into an interrogation.  Consequently, I've avoided talking to her as much as
>possible.
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>We are both supposed to answer the phone, and prepare whatever the engineers,
>etc. need mailed.  This is a shared duty.  I am less busy than she is
>usually,
>so I answer the phone more and do more of the mailing.  Not a big deal, as
>I'd
>rather be busy than bored.  And when it's super quiet (like today) I work
>ahead, then go online.  Right now I'm about 2 weeks ahead on all my reports.
>I
>don't know if it's because I have so much less to do, or if she just likes to
>piss away a whole day with a single task.
>
>Well, yesterday, I snapped.  It started in the morning.  I was answering the
>phone, and also working on entering all the equipment we'd used for the last
>2
>weeks into our system.  I had over 100 pages of time sheets, with roughly 4-5
>pieces on each one.  Each is a separate transaction.  So, I'm busting my butt
>to get this done, and she will NOT answer the phone.  There were a couple of
>times I let it ring 3-4 times, she completely ignored it.  Ok, fine.  Maybe
>she
>has a sore throat, or a bad headache, although it would be nice if she'd tell
>me that.  
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>Then lunchtime came.  We are each allowed a half hour for lunch.  I go at 12,
>she goes at 12:30.  So, I ate at 12, and at 12:30, she said, I'm going to run
>out and get a sandwich.  She is back in 10 minutes, and says that she's going
>upstairs to eat. I've never seen her do that.  There's a conference room with
>a
>TV up there, but nobody really bothers with it through the day.  I mean, for
>as
>short of a break as we have, why try?  So then I'm thinking maybe she is
>having
>some kind of family crisis, I know her father's been ill, maybe she wants to
>be
>alone, or needs to make some phone calls.  Ok, fine, not a problem.
>
>1:00 - no sign of her.  1:30 - no sign of her.  I went to our boss finally at
>1:45, and said, I'm not trying to tattle or get anyone in trouble, but I
>think
>something's wrong.  She's been up there an awful long time.  He replied that
>he'd noticed too, and he'd go up & see what was going on.  Well, his phone
>rang, and he was tied up for a bit, and at 2:00 she come strolling back in. 
>Not knowing what was going on, I didn't say anything to her.  She sat down at
>her desk, and within 5 minutes, another woman from a different department
>paged
>her & said "They're showing it!"
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>At this point, Barb ran BACK upstairs.  Still leaving me to cover the phone &
>try to finish what I was working on.  Here, the other woman's niece was on
>MTV
>for something, and the 2 of them had sat upstairs all that time watching for
>her.  Barb came back down after 10 minutes.
>
>Some crisis.  But, it's not my place to say anything - our boss knew about
>the
>extended lunch break.  So, I am back to working on my massive report, and I
>can't get the numbers to balance.  I'm going through 100+ pages, comparing
>them
>to both a computer printout while calculating them on an adding machine, with
>a
>thumping headache.  The phone rings, and of course she ignores it.  So I take
>the call, and after hanging up say:  Just out of curiosity, is there a reason
>you're not answering the phone today?
>
>She replies that she's not answering the phone because she is busy for 8
>hours
>every day and I play online for 8 hours a day.  WHAT?!?!  Also, she says
>since
>I always get the phone, she may as well not bother.
>
>Fortunately, just then, the HR director (he and the controller are our
>immediate bosses, jointly) stuck his head in, just as I said "So, you will
>not
>answer the phone anymore at all?"
>
>She went into her spiel again, and he heard the whole thing.  So he said,
>"The
>phone is a JOINT responsibility.  If one of you doesn't get it by the 3rd
>ring,
>the other one should.  End of discussion."
>
>So, small points gained for me.  For the rest of the hour that I was there,
>she
>grabbed the phone on the first ring, every time.  Was that supposed to hurt
>my
>feelings or something?  Oh well.
>
>Today it got weirder.  I came in, and our boss (the controller) said, "I
>think
>Barb's on vacation today and tomorrow."  (((insert happy dance here))).  Then
>he added "but it's strange, she didn't say anything yesterday, and she didn't
>give me all these checks to get ready to send out."
>
>Now, I don't know about other offices, but here, it's considered a courtesy
>to
>not only finish what you need to before leaving on vacation, but also to
>remind
>everyone that you won't be in, and see if they need anything before you go. 
>Barb did neither.  She HAD apparently requested the time off a while ago, the
>boss had it marked on his calendar, BUT - taken with the long lunch break,
>the
>refusal to answer the phone yesterday, the whole thing is weird.  I know that
>she's capable of having quite a snit, but still - do these seem like the
>actions of someone who's planning to keep her job?
>
>I'm hoping (praying, and wishing fervently) that she isn't.   When the
>controller mentioned that she'd left things undone, I offered to help out in
>any way I can, which is why I've spent about an hour & a half typing this,
>lol.
> Her job has always been just that - HER job.  If I would ask her about
>something that she does, her response is "You need to worry about your OWN
>job."  But today, the boss is explaining to me what she does, and having me
>do
>some of it.  
>
>Anyway, everyone, cross your fingers that she's leaving, and that I can take
>over her position too (at a substantial pay raise, of course!).  Sorry for
>the
>long post, but it seemed that leaving anything out would cause other parts to
>not make sense.
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