he prided himself on being able to read people but he couldn't read me at all and never knew what I was thinking or feeling.
Okay - TOTALLY a Darren-type asshat. Seriously.
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
juliana - Mar 11, 2008 1:26:35 pm PDT #4362 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Susan W. - Mar 11, 2008 1:27:09 pm PDT #4363 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
But he told me that I didn't say hello or goodbye (which was fucking stupid of me, but on the few occasions that he was in the office when I arrived he was always in the middle of a meeting with a More Important Person and I felt foolish interrupting their limited time to say hello--which was fucking stupid of me) and that he prided himself on being able to read people but he couldn't read me at all and never knew what I was thinking or feeling.
OK, that was not fucking stupid. I would've done the same thing and thought I was being considerate and polite by not interrupting, which I'm sure is exactly what you meant it to be. It may have been a personality clash and it may have been a bad fit, but it was NOT your fault and you are NOT stupid.
Dana - Mar 11, 2008 1:28:11 pm PDT #4364 of 10001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
and that he prided himself on being able to read people but he couldn't read me at all and never knew what I was thinking or feeling.
That is his problem, not yours.
Susan W. - Mar 11, 2008 1:29:37 pm PDT #4365 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
That is his problem, not yours.
Amen. Why does he NEED to know what you're thinking or feeling, as long as you're doing your job?
flea - Mar 11, 2008 1:30:25 pm PDT #4366 of 10001
information libertarian
he prided himself on being able to read people but he couldn't read me at all and never knew what I was thinking or feeling.
Oh God, if I had to work for an asshole like that I'd kill myself. Seriously. My personality? Is not for you, boss-person! I have a right to my own thoughts and feelings!
JZ, take the day, and then think about old job vs. better jobs at old place.
JZ - Mar 11, 2008 1:31:52 pm PDT #4367 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
asshats of the Nth degree ridiculous and unfeeling morons jackholes TOTALLY a Darren-type asshat
Please keep saying things like that. It's very soothing.
And, tommyrot, I am so sorry for hijacking your birthday. You are one of the most awesomest of the Buffistas and totally deserve a birthdaylicious day in Natter.
I blame my ex-bosses.
Glamcookie - Mar 11, 2008 1:34:56 pm PDT #4368 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
That guy is a fucking idiot. I've had bosses like that - they suck ass.
amych - Mar 11, 2008 1:41:13 pm PDT #4369 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
he prided himself on being able to read people but he couldn't read me at all and never knew what I was thinking or feeling.
People who talk about how well they read people are very much like (and often overlapping with) people who announce that they're nice guys. Totally a jackwad to get away from.
hippocampus - Mar 11, 2008 1:45:33 pm PDT #4370 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
that he prided himself on being able to read people but he couldn't read me at all and never knew what I was thinking or feeling.
ew ew ew! clingyBossType! clingyNeedyBossType! ew! I guess now we know why the position was open.
um.
ahem. also? Yes to what everyone has said. Apply. Apply lots. If you want a step forward, perhaps talk to oldNotClingyNotInsecureBoss about how you could move forward?
beekaytee - Mar 11, 2008 1:46:07 pm PDT #4371 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
It's like acting, right? Think of what just transpired as one of those agonizingly long callbacks - the ones where you get brought back in 6 or 7 separate times (no lie - they do that at the Guthrie). The director could give Darren from Slings & Arrows a run for his money in therms of pretentiousness and pettiness, and so he makes asinine comments to the actors and has ridiculous reasons for not casting them. And then reserves the right to shuffle the cast after the first readthrough.
Nice one!