My cat just pee’d
And I’m reminded of the horrible stink that can come from a really bad attitude.
Now nobody is charming 24/7 but have you ever come across people that are perpetually negative. A person that if you handed them a gift of $100,000 they would complain about the taxes they would have to pay because of it?
I had recently hired someone who had me completely fooled. I will admit that my spidy senses might blow a fuse now and then but it still burns me when it happens!
Maybe this guy took acting lessons prior to the interview. I don’t know. But he positively radiated intelligence, charm and a sunny disposition. NO negativity vibe sightings whatsoever!
I was practically tripping over my feet to get him in the door. My mind closed off every other applicant that I had lined up for this position and mentally filled it with him.
I didn’t go totally crazy. I did check his references and everyone that I spoke to collaborated and confirmed previous work history and salary. Couldn’t have him fingerprinted so I guess that was that. Right. Enough for me!
UHHHGGGGGG!!!!!
Now it could have worked out (and has many times prior to him) but who could have predicted the three day crap storm that would ensue from his first day on the job.
Arguments with top management.
Confrontations with customers.
Parking space ultimatums (I am not even kidding)
Threats sandwiched between prickly innuendos
Topped off with lateness, laziness and lying
OMG! SAVE ME!
How could one person turn out to be so bad??? How did this ugly vision of his employment future ever get past me?
Perhaps I should have suspected an unhappy ending when on the very first day I asked
‘So how is it going so far?’
And he responded
‘Well there are so many things that have to be changed around here that I don’t know where I should start’.
I swear! On his very first day. Not three hours into his shift.
It had to be vampires.
I am not usually rendered speechless but I have never in my villion years as a professional person would have expected that or any of the other never-do-this-at-a-new- job-stuff coming from a brand new employee.
Turns out he had also been recently arrested for assaulting a 70 year old man!
I should just hand in my resignation now.
Needless to say, the 90 day probationary period came to a screeching halt. Leaving the wretched smell of burning rubber behind him.
His replacement has thankfully restored my faith in humanity (and my judgment) although I am a little bit more cautious of the overly perfect these days.
Sometimes a little bit of cat pee is a good thing. (-:
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