Home this AM and finally not as exhausted as I had been for the last few days. I stayed up until about 11.30 before heading up the stairs to Bedfordshire. Managed to get to sleep and woke at 6:00 feeling a little more normal. Once again Brandon was here playing with Nat on his X-box; Deb had sent out for two pizzas and my half of mine and Hannah’s was spicy vegetable, the one people order at work, and it was hotly scrumptious. I’m unsure who paid for them, if I understood Deb correctly Nat paid for half. If that’s correct then well done that boy!
When I left for work I discovered that Brandon’s bicycle was also in the alleyway and so Deb had to come outside and help me make a path to get mine out. Once more I was pushed for time because of the delay and had to push it in order to get to work in time. JUST ABOUT MADE IT IN TIME BUT MY DESK WAS OCCUPIED SO I ENSCONCED MYSELF OVER ON OUR OLD BANK. Things were busy but calls fell off quiet rapidly and so, in order to keep my mind occupied, I logged onto Twitter and started playing on two of the humorous hashtags that were up that evening. These were #gluttonmovies and #welshremakes. Below are a selection of mine and some of the very clever ones I retweeted:
PD was in tonight and made his way over to me to discuss the JDM situation. I played it very diplomatically and agreed that it had been an unpleasant situation for all concerned. I suggested that it would be best if we treated this as water under the bridge and that perhaps he should have a private chat with JDM when he returned to work next week. I agreed that I would tell JDM about our talk when we next spoke.
Around about 10Pm I upped sticks and logged onto my normal work station and rejoined the rest of the O/N team. Things were fairly steady during the remainer of the night and at about 01:30 I sent Donna a text to advise her that I couldn’t follow her on Twitter because she had protected her tweets and I wouldn’t be able to follow her until she accepted my request to follow her. I suddenly realised the time and was a little concerned that I may have woken her. The night passed fairly quietly, received a cake and miniature of Vodka from Prash for helping out JDM, which was nice, I’ll have that this AM the kids and Deb will no doubt have the cake. Played about some more on Twitter and started organising lists of followers in order to more easily keep track of those tweets I actually want to read on a regular basis. No response from Donna so hopefully I didn’t wake her. Skipped lunch, again, just can’t be arsed to go into that pokey room and over microwave another ready meal…when will they finish refurbishing the canteen it’s been Four Months now and still no end in sight? It must be costing an absolute flipping fortune (note there how I avoided the unnecessary use of an expletive…how fucking awesome was that?).
C continues to regale the new starters with her boring stories and opinions on everything; I sent Hmk Dunck’s old emails about her tonight which made him grin. The late great Dunck certainly didn’t pull any punches when he sent these to JDM. I’ve copied them below for your edification dearest readers…Enjoy!
Ooh, the plot thickens...
-----Original Message-----
From: Dunck
Sent: 07 June 2006 00:57
To: JDM
Subject: RE: Team meeting.
Gotta be honest JDM, NO!
Every opinion C has is forced onto everyone else and unfortunately, you (and I think Sara) back her. I'm sick of it.
Your comment at the beginning was actually quite positive, about us all being individuals, but after she'd started ranting, you back tracked and agreed with her. We have to be individuals who do exactly the same, i.e. what she wants.
I don't listen to MP3's or watch DVD's because it puts me to sleep. That's why I always ask the Manuals Wallah for lots of writing up. The reason I do all the writing up on my own when I do Manuals is...her! I can’t stand her complaining about every aspect of the writing up, so I do it. It's purely to avoid arguments.
If someone wants to sit with an earplug listening to a film, ready to put it on hold and take a call (we're here to work, remember?) I don't see a problem with it.
It's only because C has one or two people less to tell her sad stories to or inflict her opinions on, that she has a problem. Let's not forget that Am brought his DVD player in on this shift and when he and C were bestest buddies that was fine. She even watched a few films and some episode of 24 with Am and M. Since they've had a falling out (and since M had the nerve to ask her not to shout as he was doing something) she's made it her mission to stop it. Where's the sense in that? It's unbelievably one-sided and unfair.
We sit apart as a "team" because no-one wants to sit next to her. Even her 2 closest friends here (As and Am) sat away from her last night because of the incessant noise coming out of her. I can’t sit near her.
:-(
Dunk
-----Original Message-----
From: JDM
Sent: 07 June 2006 00:29
To: Dunk
Subject: RE: Team meeting.
Hi Dunc,
Thank you for your comments so do think that there are any positives to come out of the meeting, I guess not?
Regards
JDM
-----Original Message-----
From: Dunk
Sent: 06 June 2006 23:58
To: JDM
Subject: Team meeting.
JDM,
I have to say that meeting was a shambles. C has gone too far and I think what she said and did was disgusting. The reason there is any animosity in the "team" is down solely to her. That's not just my opinion; most of the others feel that way but are afraid to speak up.
The reason I sit on my own is that I am sick and tired of her rubbish. She's mouthy to the extreme, rude, belligerent to customers and her "team mates" and is the most opinionated person I've ever had the misfortune to meet. Most of the others feel the same, that's why we all sit so spread apart. All this nonsense from her that she wants us all to sit together and chat is ridiculous. She just wants a platform with a captive audience to listen to her regurgitate her boring old stories AND arguments she's had over and over again.
The way she spoke to M, Me, Prash, Sue and anyone else who DARED to disagree with her was nothing short of disgusting.
Unless you confront the people one-to-one I don't think they'd have the bottle to speak up like this.
She is bringing the team down with her attitude, viciousness and "holier than thou" attitude. From now on, I will be sitting on my own and will not be attending anymore "team" meetings. Sorry to be so blunt, but if she thinks she's got problems, she should have a look at my life! My problems run rings round hers, but I don't sit there bleating about it in "team" meetings. It's unprofessional and unnecessary.
As for making M feel that he had to tell a group of 16 or so people about his dead daughter, I really felt for him. I was at PG in late 1999 on the same team as him and was there when he announced that his daughter had died that morning inside Deb at 8 months of her pregnancy.
Sorry to be the bringer of doom and gloom but I cant let this go. I've had enough.
Dunk
Dun "The Instigator" H****
Hi M,
hope you don't mind, but I felt compelled to send this to JDM after that meeting.
Solidanosch!!!
Strong stuff ah? Old Dunc’s been dead four years, he committed suicide, but reading the above it was as if he were still here. It’s such a shame I wasn’t able to save his other mails before the system wiped them when he was removed from the company’s records. Silly boy Dunc why didn’t you tell one of us what was going on? I’m sure we could have found a less drastic way out for you.
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