June 4, 2003
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observation of the day: being reprimanded or rebuked will often bring out the pettiness in people.
in other news, one of the people i work with seems to dislike me severely and i have no idea why. i've never done anything to them, barely spoken to them other than the standard "hey, how are you?" type banter.
in the past two weeks, the odd dirty look has escalated to under-the-breath mutterings when walking by me, just loud enough for me to hear, less than vague comments, some serious grimacing at me and in my general direction as well as other assorted passive-aggressive behaviors.
let me say again, i've never done anything to this person other than be proper and civil.
so.
fuck it.
if they don't like me, i'm definitely going to give them a reason. since monday, i've been doing quite a bit to fray every single one of their nerves. in very subtle ways of course.
prolonged and direct eye contact with a nice toothy smile. literally looking down my nose at them. standing unreasonably close for as long as i can reasonably get away with it. basically, taking every opportunity i can for adopting the most irritating non-verbal mannerisms i can think of and putting it in their face.
fighting fire with fire, i suppose. being petty? mmm...probably. fun? for sure.
(for all you astrophiles....can you see some of my scorpio nature showing?)
Comments (37)
I love the way that you turned the situation at work around. I hope that it is annoying the F out of them.
I rebuke thee.
Why would someone dislike you, Rich? I'm as baffled as you are. Here's what I'd do. I go to the grocery store and get one of those cheap ass bouquets of flowers and walk right up to them. Offer the flowers and then lean in and quietly....very softly say....
"If you ever give me a dirty look or so much as think a bad thought in my general direction again, I will beat you unconscious, put you in the trunk of my car, drive you to a place where no one can hear your cries for mercy and then....my friend.....I will do something so heinous to you that they will write stories for years that will scare small children and old people and will be simply known as The Atrocity.
Now, enjoy the flowers."
Then, I'd give 'em a big kiss on the cheek and say, "Dude, I'm kidding." And walk away laughing.
And then? Just as I turned the corner....I'd stop, look back, grin and say...."not really".
Haha. Yes. Fuck it, indeed. It can be pretty satisfying you are able to get under people's skin.
What the hell? It's not you. They're obviously crazy. We have those in our office too.
That kind of behavior is just not rational.
oh my god I love Will...
*L*
I got your back, dude.
who cares if it's petty as long as it's fun.
Remind me never to fuck with you.
Or Will for that matter, sheesh. *laughs*
~ Sherri
Ha Ha.. your my new hero. you space invader! personal space is sacred.
Keep us posted on this....it's an interesting experiment.
Mindfucking your coworkers can be jolly good fun.
However, mindfucking the public at large is vastly more entertaining.
I work at a nature center and recently convinced an ignorant, mouthy patron who referred to me as "nature chick" that we had a chubacabra. Heh.
Good luck in your quest to wig people out, though. The offending party probably just has a boy crush on you, you know, some latent homosexual desire thing...
Ever tried sending an e-mail to them 'accidentally' talking about an anonymous person that is SO OBVIOUSLY them?
I think you and Will have some excellent ways of dealing with those pesky buggers. Frankly, I do NOT understand how someone could NOT like you. (Of course, I don't WORK with you.)
I like you.
That's my sweet Libra writing, lol.
hahaha, i love it. wish i could see it in action.
i always thought will was just dirty. now that i see he's also psychotically disturbed, i wanna bear his lovechild.
as for you, you big crackpot, i think that at some point while you're standing next to this person with your big toothy grin, you should snap a picture of the two of you, and put it in a pretty heart-shaped frame on your desk. or make it into a life-sized cardboard cutout and kiss it goodbye every day as you leave.
I had that similar problem at my previous job. This new co-worker of mines seemed to have a problem with me right from the start. Now I tried to take the initiative and be civil with them, but civility only gets you so far especially when they don't seem to care about your feelings. So ... got me an exacto knife and left a pretty little message on their car. Their attitude seemed to have changed drastically overnight
My stepmother always said, "Kill 'em with kindness." If someone dislikes you, nothing gets on their nerves more than you being totally nice to them. In that spirit of evil kindness, I suggest you make your nemesis some brownies. *insert maniacal laugh here*
I just hope that crazy hater dude doesn't go postal ...
LOL...you? Scorpio-ish?? neverrrrr...
hahahahahaaaa
I'll jump 'em in the parking lot when I come to visit you. I'll beat 'em with tubeso---never mind. lmao.
hahahahahahahahahahaha thats awesome, dude keep it up
That is so awesome. I'll have to try that with the girl at the gym that keeps giving me stink eye.
cool. you got a unique way to work around people. that's good. and i really like the layout, kickass man. and those photos (of you, I think?) you look good, and wow, the photographer is good too (if you took them yourself, I have another reason to worship you). I also like the way you talk (or write or type whatever) it's so...cool. my vocabulary is blah, but yea. cool.
what about simply asking them? be blunt, and it'll shock them
i want to talk to you sometime soonish...
and yeah...fucking with people is fun.
some people are just mean for fun.
In my experience working in offices always leads to this sort of problem.For no reason at all people just have to stir the pot, gossip or just be down right Fucking annoying.I think you have to face the fact it comes with the JOB.
But good luck with annoying them back...........it will make the time go faster i'm sure.
OK...Will distrubs me as not many have in a score of years. I just started to think I was terribly lucky that he sub'd my site...then he hits us with this. This is just like SWF all over again...I'm happy to have found a roommate...and Will just happens to be the Jennifer Jason Leigh of the Xanga world.
Seriously though Rich...I need a job and would move to Florida...what's this persons position? I can do that. I'll kill them, dump the body and nail the interview by the middle of next week. Good?
(Don't fuck with me William F House...I don't play well with others)
As to why they don't like you Rich...penguin owners are like that...and they hold grudges. Pervert.
their behavior is nothing that an ass-kicking or a good grudge-fuck won't cure!
sometimes if ya can't beat 'em, join 'em, other times if ya can't beat 'em-- beat 'em back harder...
and other times if you can't mindfuck 'em over but goo-- wait. I think I shoulda quit while I was ahead.
beat 'em... a head...
must. stop. touching. my. self.
Herkidswhatsherface is um...yeah. Ok, that shouldn't be legal in public. Can someone draw the curtain?
THYRIO...prison mentality is good for prison. What did your PO tell you? Try to think like you're on the outside...or you're going back.
OMG....I'm the Jennifer Jason Leigh of the Xanga world? I gotta put that on a new tagline if I ever come back. Although, I'd rather be the Alan Cumming of the Xanga world (he's the much cooler of the Dynamic Duo).
yeah..
I love your methodology. Personal space invasion is the greatest of mindfucks...I've used it myself on quite a few occasions.
(I must admit you've got some readers up there that I would love to have invade my "personal space"!)
Take that photo, would you, Rich? I think I speak for the community when I say we wanna see what a schmuck that dislikes you looks like.
Ok, never ever pissing Rich, Will, or rache off. You guys are just way too evil. However, I love it. Let us know how it works out. I really don't understand how someone could hate you, though. That perplexes me.
doesn't it suck that in every job there is always someone who either dislikes you (for whatever reason that you don't know) or you dislike that person? oh well, suck is life. since you didn't really do anything for this person to dislike you, just ignore that person...not worth the energy and time...unless you have interact with that person, for work purposes.
otherwise...you should be a writer..^_~*
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