smonster, I'm having to remind myself of the caffeine truth. SO many coffee milkshakes to get through the stress of this last week. Not helping in the long run.

Steph, I share java's optimism. Severance can be very nice, but who knows, maybe the new folks will be smart enough to offer you an even better gig?

So. I went to dinner with the co-worker and it as BIZARRE. No lie, this entire week has been crazycoocoo.

The only acknowledgement of his behavior was, "Thanks for not killing me." Which is cool. I really didn't want to rehash.

BUT, he chose the restaurant because it is his usual...so much that they know what he drinks. Whereas he has _major_ protocol issues with restaurants based in his history as a manager of a high end eatery, he apparently does not extend those high expectations to his own behavior.

He drank two martinis but ate exactly one bite of his meal before having the waiter box it up and leave it on the table. I had only had two bites of my meal before this happened.

He mentioned four other people who 'always pay the check' when they go out with him. I thought to myself, "Try it Buddy. Just try it." But, thankfully he did not.

He left me at the table for roughly 30 minutes while he went out to smoke and had a conversation with a friend he ran into on the street.

Yeah. I'm glad we are past the weirdness of his behavior toward me, but there is definitely something weird going on there.

but there is definitely something weird going on there.

Cocaine? Narcissism? Both? Assholery?

bonny,

he is a passive aggressive shit, to start.

Yeah. Both of you are on to something.

I think he may be drinking much more than anyone suspects. He said he didn't eat his dinner because he was 'full from drinking too much water.'

He is a skinny as a rail, and now I'm wondering if he has the sort of problems with his stomach that drove my alcoholic father to drink his vodka in milk.

I've been kinda quiet but reading everything here, and I would like the universe to stop being so crappy and/or confusing to you folks.

Guess who was invited to go out for drinks after work tomorrow with her boss? Guess who is kinda-sorta-maybe freaking out that her boss is going to tell her she's a horrible slacker employee and should start looking for someplace else to work, but with drinks to cushion the blow?

No, there's probably no real reason for my paranoia, and my boss is really cool. But work is full of chaos and stress right now, which makes me twitchy.

My experience has been that horrible-slacker-employee conversations take place in offices.

Sounds like an overture to "We want you to be more visible/responsible/paid lots more money" thing to me.

What Connie said.

You might be getting a promotion.

What they said, Jilli. The boss isn't going to take you out for drinks for a come-to-Jesus meeting.

Guess who is kinda-sorta-maybe freaking out that her boss is going to tell her she's a horrible slacker employee and should start looking for someplace else to work, but with drinks to cushion the blow?

Pfft, they don't go out for drinks to do that!

They don't want to hang out with you when they're giving bad news.

That's for in-office so you can shoo them away.