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Originally Posted by Not_Judy
UPDATE:
This particular employee began her vacation last Friday. Work has been nothing short of a nightmare as the key players in the logistics team are all absent this week due to vacations, surgeries, etc. Also, we have been notified that the plant manager has decided to step down from his position and move back home. The employees that have been the backbone of this company for the past 20 years are abandoning ship at an alarming rate. At this point, I feel like Lord Helmet at the end of Space Balls. I continue to look for gainful employment elsewhere to no avail. I can't help but feel that most of you will read this in a depressing monotone dialogue narration, like sad cats diary. All hope is lost.
::Cue uplifting music:: Come Thursday, the menace of a coworker will be back in the office. She will come in to a nightmare of logistic issues that she did not train me for. To boot, the work that she worked so diligently at training me on....I didn't have to do any of it!  She will come back on Thursday and have to take care of all this headache plus do her regularly scheduled duties. She honestly thought she was screwing me over by taking these days off then coming in Thursday and then taking the second half of the day Friday off, when in fact she will be beyond covered up all while I finish designing signage for our shipping yard. Ahhhhhh.....if I could only smoke a cigar and have a nice glass of whiskey whilst perusing these forums.....er......I mean diligently working.
(Side note: if you haven't seen Sad Cat Diary google that shit now.....and enjoy) |
Beware! People like her like to come back to utter chaos for several reasons:
1) The chaos is an indication that they are needed. They leave = Sh*t blows up.
2) She gets to ride in and save the day. Be the hero. The only one with the skills to solve the problem.
3) It allows her to bitch and moan the entire time she's saving the day that it's all your fault.
4) You are out in the shipping yard enjoying your sweet victory while she is back in the office taking every opportunity to throw you under the bus for the sh*t show that has engulfed the department, while simultaneously telling everyone she's fixing your mistakes. You, meanwhile, and no where to be seen.
So what do you do? You need to anticipate the above and beat her to the punch. Make sure you are sweet as pie and get to the people she will bitch to, first. "Hey, just a heads up, we have a real sh*t show brewing for Thursday. I tried everything I could to prevent it but unfortunately (insert name of fat cow here) had not quite gotten to training me on this yet. I'll be here later this week when shes back from vacation and will help right the ship, but it's going to be a bit rocky for a few days till we can get things stabilized. Sorry for the trouble this is causing you. I really wish (fat cow name here) had trained me on this so I wasn't leaving you in a lurch."