  FUCKING PEOPLE!!! So I have this "co-worker", we'll call him That Fucking Asshole Cocksucking Dickhead (Not to Mention Ashamed Closet Homosexual) Dave for Short. I put co-worker in quotes because, well, he's not actually a co-worker as he's not an employee of the company. He's one of our contract workers currently acting as our "Analytical Chemist. " I put Analytical Chemist in quotes because the fucking moron doesn't know dick about analytical chemistry (yet, he has a PhD in the subject which just goes to show you that the value of an education can be equivalent to a "Hot Cup of Jack Squat! " at times)!
My disgust at this poor excuse for an employee can be traced back to his entrance into my company but I'll start you a little later than that... This past spring, the company that I am currently employed with was going through some financial problems and as such I was made to lay off all of the contract people under myself. Now this fucking sucked! Sure a couple of them needed to go as they weren't working out very well, but I also had to lay off a few people that were quality workers, some of whom I had become friends with. So all contractors are gone... but not Dave (nor myself, as I was contract at the time, but I actually do work dammit... granted, I'm blogging right now but... Fuck You for Judging Me! ) Anyway, the next step was to staff all of our operation necessities internally.
So the deal was that I relegated myself and Dave to the night shift as everyone else in the company had seniority over the two of us. Now, during the two weeks we were together on nights, I had been having a conflict with another co-worker over some procedural issues that aren't worth getting into. Dave takes it upon himself to talk with me about how I should be gentler in the handling of the situation so as not to cause strife within the company. "For the Good of the Company" is his reasoning. A week later he tells to our boss he can't work nights anymore because it conflicts with his personal schedule... FUCKING DICK! He fucking gets away with it too!
I would have said, "You can't work nights... bye. " When you're on contract you can't make demands like that (at least you shouldn't be able to). I know, because I've been layed off as a contractor before. Your job is never secure so you take what you can get. Arrgghh!
Also, Dave is single (and a suspected closet-queer) and has no life that I can discern except he stays her on Fridays until midnight sometimes to work on his motorcycle. I, on the other hand, am married and have friends that like to go out for drinks during the week after work... and his social life is affected? So, because of his refusal to work, we hire one of our former contract employees back. Now, I am glad we did, because he's a good worker and a friend. But the point is, Dave, a bastard who, less than a week earlier was talking to me about what's "Good for the Company," is now costing the company more money by refusing to work a night shift! Fucking hypocritical dick (did I mention he's a devout Christian, maybe that's where the hypocrisy came from).
So flash forward to tonight (ignoring all of the other shit: milking the company for overtime every week, spending our money on shit he doesn't need just to look like he's doing something, doing nothing most of the time he's at work but talking to vendors all day, etc.). I had sent out an e-mail that stated that we would be stripping and waxing the floors for all of the offices in the lab (where Dave's, as well as mine, are located). He comes back with the following response: While I appreciate your cleaning and waxing the floors .... Since this is affecting the work of others, wouldn't it make sense to check with them to see if it is OK before planning to do it ? While this is a "down" week on the schedule for the reactors, I have plenty of work to do involving the lab and my office. I don't want to empty out my office completely just to have the floors done.
I'd rather leave the floor as is or just do the "traffic areas". If this is going to take 2 days to do and will tie up the lab and control room, could it be done on a weekend so as not to disturb the work of others. You know what... fuck you . This is something that needs to be done, and this is a good time to do it because it's right before New Year's vacation which will give the wax time to dry after it's applied. And the other thing is, if I asked everyone when would be a good time, it would never get done. And The Other Thing Is, you don't get to decide if your office needs waxing or not because, as you are not an employee, you do not have to deal with the long-term consequences.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, if you're so keen for weekend work, maybe you should do your shit over the weekend. AND THE OTHER THING IS, YOU DON'T FUCKING DO ANY WORK HERE ANYWAY!!! The main thing that pisses me of is it all comes down to Dave looking out for his hours. That's the truth of the matter. He just wants hours to guarantee he gets paid. Well, other contractors aren't guaranteed shit, and he shouldn't be either.
You know, it would piss me off so much that he's just looking out for number one, if he didn't try to manufacture the appearance that he gives a shit about anything else. I have no conclusion to this story at the moment so I will simply grumble as I shuffle off begrudgingly. 
