Most people deal with at least one difficult person in their work environment. It's either a co-worker or a client or whatever. For me, it's a patron. There are a few patrons that drive me bananas. One is my creepy homeless man who likes to stare at me and occasionally hit on me. I can deal with him. There is a lady who secretly tries to get me to do her school papers for her. I'm so onto her, that I can usually avoid that situation as well. But there's one guy who just the sight of him raises my blood pressure. Those of you who know me, know that I have quite a lot of patience and can put up with a lot before wanting to explode on someone. All it took for this guy was 2 minutes and I wanted to strangle him.
We'll call him Ted. Ted likes to come in an "preach" to everyone. He talks and talks and talks about praying to God and how he is a Christian. Then he looks up half naked teenage girls on the internet (usually in Russia or Zimbabwe or anywhere but the U.S.). I'm guessing he doesn't want to show up on To Catch a Predator. Aside from that, he is a HUGE liar. He plays the "poor me" card EVERY single time he is here. If his pipes at home didn't burst, then he can't get on a computer at the right time to talk to his daughter in prison, or he can't talk to his girlfriend on the other side of the planet. Lately, it's his cell phone crashed and he can't download the program to fix it. His pipes are still broken and no plumber will fix them on good faith that he will pay once he gets his tax check. On top of the fact that the city is apparently fining him for painting his living room. Now, I know that I live just outside the city limits, but I am pretty darn sure that my sister didn't need a permit to paint INSIDE her house. And with all the things the city is worried about, I don't think the color inside someone's house is a priority. Just a hunch, but I don't think that even Mayor Moore is that petty.
This man just makes me want to vomit. I really need sound cancellation headphones for work. I promise to only use them when Ted is around. He knows everything about everything. He always has some injury. He recites weather forecasts ALL the time, usually when there is snow involved. However, when the weather man says 10 inches of snow then Ted says we will get 20 inches. He exaggerates just a little bit. All of my co-workers and I try really hard to stay busy when he is around. We try not to ask him how he is doing and get into a conversation because we already know how he is doing.
One minute he will talk about his girlfriend or finding a nice Christian girl to settle down with and within 5 minutes of saying that, he tells another patron that all women cheat and can't be trusted. Hmmmm, not sure he will find his soulmate that way. I know it's not right to judge someone, but is it judging when I can prove that he is a hypocritical liar? He obviously needs attention. I am just not in a place right now to indulge him. Lord forgive me.
Thank you all for letting me vent. I feel much better and can now get back to work.
Much love,
Amber
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