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Jan. 31st, 2008 05:51 pmSo, I don't know if I mentioned before the guy at my work who annoys me. Basically he's one of those people that doesn't quite get the clue that he's annoying, and he decides to be your friend despite your best efforts. To go so far as to say I hated him is rather strong, but to say he got under my skin would be accurate. See, he asked me all these questions that anybody working as a designer should know, or at least have some vague memory of. He kind of sucked, and didn't get the concept of white space, and anything you told him you had to tell him about 13 times, and he still didn't quite get it.
Anyway, long story short, he got fired. I'm not saying I'm glad he's gone, but he really was just dead weight. I shouldn't talk bad about him, because it's not like he was just a nasty person and like... kicked puppies and flipped of babies or anything. In fact, he was nice, but... I dunno, he bugged me. Probably because he just invited himself to go to lunch with me, when more often than not I just wanted to be alone. It bothers the crap out of me when people just invite themselves to come along with me or my group, without anybody offering, "so, does anybody else want to come?" It's more like he says, "oh, you're doing this? Hey, I'm coming with!"
It sucks to get fired, I know, so I feel bad for him about that, but he has to at least have known he wasn't very good at the job. A project that took everybody else a half hour took him between 3 and 5 hours. That, and he really didn't fit in with the company. It's a Christian publishing company, and he was... well, not very Christian. Which is not to say I'm exactly the model Christian, but I'm at least able to hold my tongue when necessary.
Today was also the "farewell from our department!" for Steven. He's going to be a producer for the music side of our company (How cool is it that I know a record producer?) We played Apples to Apples (which is the best game ever, by the way) and had a pizza lunch, and we gave him a giant guitar shaped card. It rocked.
We get two new people tomorrow, to replace those that left today. Here's to hoping they aren't obnoxious.
Anyway, long story short, he got fired. I'm not saying I'm glad he's gone, but he really was just dead weight. I shouldn't talk bad about him, because it's not like he was just a nasty person and like... kicked puppies and flipped of babies or anything. In fact, he was nice, but... I dunno, he bugged me. Probably because he just invited himself to go to lunch with me, when more often than not I just wanted to be alone. It bothers the crap out of me when people just invite themselves to come along with me or my group, without anybody offering, "so, does anybody else want to come?" It's more like he says, "oh, you're doing this? Hey, I'm coming with!"
It sucks to get fired, I know, so I feel bad for him about that, but he has to at least have known he wasn't very good at the job. A project that took everybody else a half hour took him between 3 and 5 hours. That, and he really didn't fit in with the company. It's a Christian publishing company, and he was... well, not very Christian. Which is not to say I'm exactly the model Christian, but I'm at least able to hold my tongue when necessary.
Today was also the "farewell from our department!" for Steven. He's going to be a producer for the music side of our company (How cool is it that I know a record producer?) We played Apples to Apples (which is the best game ever, by the way) and had a pizza lunch, and we gave him a giant guitar shaped card. It rocked.
We get two new people tomorrow, to replace those that left today. Here's to hoping they aren't obnoxious.
