I think I’m in love
In a non-sexual way of course.
It’s with ONB. He is a very funny guy - in some ways reminds me of X. I’d like to say without all the bad bits, but that’s probably not true, he might just as easily have the same bad points. But it’s a moot point anyway - he works for me, and is madly in love with the woman he is engaged to.
However, the more I know him, the more I realise we have in common. We have had a very similar upbringing (although the “who is roughest” competition he is winning hands down), have a similar sense of humour.
And today I realised we have similar opinions about people.
“The Arsehole” as LELI calls him (not to be confused with “The Arsehole’s Friend” or “The Twat”, two other people LELI, and myself for that matter, don’t like), sent an email out yesterday. Not to the few people who might possibly be able to help him. Oh no. He sent it out to the whole department. Including all our colleagues up in Yorkshire. With a *very* simple question about the programming language we use. The language he is supposed to have a reasonable understanding of.
Followed very shortly by another email, saying he had the solution, and including the solution at the bottom. The solution given him by the bloke who sits next to him (isn’t ‘voice’ a wonderful thing? Or maybe he could have tried the help facility, or the internet, rather than waste everyone’s time). Only it wasn’t quite right - as explained by yet another email from K (who I also am in love with, but who is happily married, but I know a secret, my friend J once slept with him…….) who had to put it right because this arsehole was sending it out to the whole department.
The unfortunate thing is that none of the managers will realise what a stupid question it is, and what a waste of everyone’s time it is.
This guy, about 3 weeks ago, sent an email around to the whole of the department yet again, asking if anyone had seen his pen.
LELI laughed when I forwarded it to him, asking if he had seen *my* pen, it was a yellow colour, with a blue top, wrote with a fine line, had ‘Bic’ on the side…….
Anyway, I opened my email today, and we always play the game when someone has been off of ‘how many emails did I get?’. ONB said, “About 50, because you got tons from The Arsehole “, (obviously he used his real name at this point), “Is that guy trying to get his name known to management by sending out stupid emails to the whole of risk, in an attempt to make himself look intelligent?”
Oh how I laughed. ONB is aware of my opinion on some of the people in our department, but I try not to let him know too much - I think people should make their own minds up, and just because I don’t like someone, doesn’t mean ONB won’t.
Only it seems he has taken a dislike to the same people as me. He also doesn’t like “The Twat” - completely unprompted by me.
And I love him for it.
I gave him a Christmas present today. I am sort of glad it was just the two of us (he picked me up this morning, because my car had to go in for it’s MOT), because I think the other two of his level didn’t get anything from their immediate bosses. I think I am the only one at my level to have bought a present. I don’t regret it - I certainly think he deserves it - but I might have been embarrassing for the other two.