Not the Prom Queen

I hate pettiness. I hate helplessness. I hate people that are trife.

We had a temp working for us for about a month. She was an admin assistant. The girl could not take a message. She couldn't organize two sheets of paper stapled together. She couldn't alphabetize file folders. No. I'm not kidding. Don't get me wrong I have nothing against Admin Assistants. Hell, I used to be one for almost 8 years. Administrative Assistants are sharp, organized, focused, incentive taking, project wrangling, color coding queens. This girl was not.

She was a friend of the big boss. She needed a job as she was going through a divorce and had been out of the workforce for several years. Not only was she a bad temp, she only came to work an average of 3.5 days a week. Yup, a temp calling in sick. go figure.

Anyhow - the girl got her feelings hurt because she couldn't attend a white elephant gift exchange for our group. She had to stay behind and answer the phone. {I had nothing to do with this, btw} She cried for over 2 hours. Not just moping around or making faces, but full fledge crocodile tears bawling.

Despite all the negatives (many of those in our group complained about her.) - she continued interviewing for several positions in other departments - and actually got hired. On her way out, she decides to burn bridges. She goes to my bosses boss (we're talking vp here) with the complaint that when I spoke to her, I spoke "down" to her. WTF. I hardly ever talked to the girl. Fucking dumb wench. How are you gonna bypass my immediate boss and go to the main person in charge with that kind of complaint. My boss had to tell me about this - I don't blame her, I understand. She told me it would be best to prelude my comments with "May I suggest?". Personally, I don't feel like I should babysit someone who can't handle a direct comment.

I will concede I tend to be direct and to the point, so sometimes I come off as short. BUT in my defense, I work with mostly men, who are in fact, direct and to the point. AND I am in IT - which everyone knows most IT people are laking in people skills, that's why they talk to computers not people. And I really don't give a ratz ass about your timid, helpless, petty and trife ass - get over yourself.