What Are You Doing Right Now
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@dafyre said:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So one of the members of leadership here pushes people til they snap, and this guy just snapped. Threw a glass jar, and a jar of peanut butter. The glass jar hit the cubicle wall, ricocheted and hit the wall and shattered. One of the QAs got a piece of glass in his eye. The hole in the wall was from the peanut butter jar. No, I'm not in security but I do know how to handle myself. Building security was up there with us (also a friend of mine) and was trying to get him to just leave, because she knows about the guy who causes all the issues here, and she's not a fan, but she had a job to do.
We got him to the elevators and we're on the 12th floor, so it takes 10-20 seconds to call an elevator. My roommate (former military) had my back, and we got him on the elevator. The QA, who last week called him a crackhead because he came in sweating profusely because of a steroid he was on that he was taking after just getting out of the hospital, walked through some double-doors by the elevator, and he started to charge. I pinned him back against the back wall of the elevator. After we got him downstairs, the guard let me handle getting him off the property and I stayed with him and helped him calm down. Then I took him to the bus hub and went back upstairs.
I managed to come out of all this looking good to all parties included, and I wasn't hurt. I got behind him and locked him in a bear hug. He was a hysterical, crying and screaming, but I got him calmed down. Overall, no one was totally innocent in the situation, but as much as we all (security included) wanted to let him go after the TL, I didn't want him going to jail for assault because he was in berserker mode.
He spoke to some other people from here last night and I've learned he's apologized for reacting the way he did, and knows he was wrong to react that way, but I just wanted to calm him down. Work is not the place to handle things like that. So all is calm today, but this place is toxic. I'll be glad to be getting out soon, hopefully.
But this is the third situation in 3 weeks (albeit the worst) where this one TL has had people blow up against him, and those are not even close to isolated or individual incidents, all about one person. So I was told corporate legal is getting involved, and now there's a decent chance they'll shut the whole program down. Waiting to see what happens.
Sheesh... Everybody should start reporting the TL to management... Go above his head if they need to. No reason for a guy to push people 'til they snap like that.
They have. His temp agency knows all about him. Our corporate HQ knows about him. He's just been teflon to-date, and no one has any idea why...it makes no sense.
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@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dafyre said:
@thanksajdotcom said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So one of the members of leadership here pushes people til they snap, and this guy just snapped. Threw a glass jar, and a jar of peanut butter. The glass jar hit the cubicle wall, ricocheted and hit the wall and shattered. One of the QAs got a piece of glass in his eye. The hole in the wall was from the peanut butter jar. No, I'm not in security but I do know how to handle myself. Building security was up there with us (also a friend of mine) and was trying to get him to just leave, because she knows about the guy who causes all the issues here, and she's not a fan, but she had a job to do.
We got him to the elevators and we're on the 12th floor, so it takes 10-20 seconds to call an elevator. My roommate (former military) had my back, and we got him on the elevator. The QA, who last week called him a crackhead because he came in sweating profusely because of a steroid he was on that he was taking after just getting out of the hospital, walked through some double-doors by the elevator, and he started to charge. I pinned him back against the back wall of the elevator. After we got him downstairs, the guard let me handle getting him off the property and I stayed with him and helped him calm down. Then I took him to the bus hub and went back upstairs.
I managed to come out of all this looking good to all parties included, and I wasn't hurt. I got behind him and locked him in a bear hug. He was a hysterical, crying and screaming, but I got him calmed down. Overall, no one was totally innocent in the situation, but as much as we all (security included) wanted to let him go after the TL, I didn't want him going to jail for assault because he was in berserker mode.
He spoke to some other people from here last night and I've learned he's apologized for reacting the way he did, and knows he was wrong to react that way, but I just wanted to calm him down. Work is not the place to handle things like that. So all is calm today, but this place is toxic. I'll be glad to be getting out soon, hopefully.
But this is the third situation in 3 weeks (albeit the worst) where this one TL has had people blow up against him, and those are not even close to isolated or individual incidents, all about one person. So I was told corporate legal is getting involved, and now there's a decent chance they'll shut the whole program down. Waiting to see what happens.
Sheesh... Everybody should start reporting the TL to management... Go above his head if they need to. No reason for a guy to push people 'til they snap like that.
They have. His temp agency knows all about him. Our corporate HQ knows about him. He's just been teflon to-date, and no one has any idea why...it makes no sense.
Temp agency doesn't care, they only care that HQ wants to keep paying for him.
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Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
Whatcha getting?
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
Pick me up something while you're there...
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
Whatcha getting?
Not sure, something with tubes, just trying some stuff out. I really liked the 5150, but it had a weird buzz. So onward we go to the next store.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
Whatcha getting?
Not sure, something with tubes, just trying some stuff out. I really liked the 5150, but it had a weird buzz. So onward we go to the next store.
Cool and do NOT get @art_of_shred anything please we are running out of room.
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Stepping out to look for supplies.
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@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
Whatcha getting?
Not sure, something with tubes, just trying some stuff out. I really liked the 5150, but it had a weird buzz. So onward we go to the next store.
The 5150 is great, if you like what it does. It pretty much only does 1 thing, but if that's your sound it does it well.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr What are you doing this those?
I want to evaluate them as low level / low cost MQTT slaves. Like settings GPIOs via simple network commands.
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Going shopping for a guitar amp! Woot!
Whatcha getting?
Not sure, something with tubes, just trying some stuff out. I really liked the 5150, but it had a weird buzz. So onward we go to the next store.
Cool and do NOT get @art_of_shred anything please we are running out of room.
You still have a couple square feet somewhere tho.... you're the one that married a musician!
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Stepping out to look for supplies.
At 10 PM?
He didn't say he was going to stores.
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@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Stepping out to look for supplies.
At 10 PM?
He didn't say he was going to stores.
Out hunting for toilet paper and soap, actually.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Stepping out to look for supplies.
At 10 PM?
He didn't say he was going to stores.
Out hunting for toilet paper and soap, actually.
HA!
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But also found pizza rosso that the kids have been asking for and authentic, back street cannoli for the wife.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Stepping out to look for supplies.
At 10 PM?
He didn't say he was going to stores.
Out hunting for toilet paper and soap, actually.
I know people who have had to steal that from places.
Survival of the fittest.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
But also found pizza rosso that the kids have been asking for and authentic, back street cannoli for the wife.
Toilet paper, soap, "backstreet" cannoli. Hmm, I think I'll just leave that alone.
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@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Stepping out to look for supplies.
At 10 PM?
He didn't say he was going to stores.
Out hunting for toilet paper and soap, actually.
I know people who have had to steal that from places.
Survival of the
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@BRRABill said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Stepping out to look for supplies.
At 10 PM?
He didn't say he was going to stores.
Out hunting for toilet paper and soap, actually.
I know people who have had to steal that from places.
Survival of the
fittestless smelly...If you're out looking for toilet paper at 10pm, I think I know what the soap's for. Sounds desperate.
