I had a tough week at work....... [View All]

[Jokinomx]

First let me fill you in on this sociopath at work... a female, in her fifties and the most negative person in the shop. She talks about everyone behind their backs... complains constantly that she is working her ass off while others on our assembly line slack. She is constantly ridiculing others for talking to much while she talks at will.

I was cutting the parts that feed her line... she is stationed about five feet in front of me. At the beginning of the shift I leaned over and was going to discuss a waste issue with our parts the owner had brought up the day before. She looked at me and said "I don't have time to talk!" and was short and annoyed. So I just went back to my saw and continued to feed her line. The next thing I see is her talking away with another employee... so I increased my speed to the max and of course she got way behind really quick. She yelled at me to slow down.... and I returned "Well, if you would quit talking maybe you could keep up!"....This infuriated her.... she called me a "f..ker" and asshole and over the next two hours threw parts at me.(little pieces of wood). I just keep pouring it on... as fast as I could. I didn't respond to her words or attacks.

At break... the owner was there and I stated I had a complaint. I told him I was swore at and had parts threw at me. He took it in... then asked another employee his thoughts.... and then told this woman that he needed to talk to her after the break. He took her in the production office and proceeded to tell her the get her attitude right..... she came out of the office...walked to her station and looked at me and said "Way to go Asshole". I raised my had to the owner and he came over ... I told him what she said .... he then told her that she was done and fired her on the spot.

I was a little shocked... I feel bad for what happened...but, if the shoes were on the other foot.... IF she had told me to quit talking.... and I had called her those names... and threw parts at her.... I would have been fired also.

I just can't stand hypocrits... and that is what she was. She was a cancer in our shop... a new company trying to compete in a difficult world.

The best thing is after she left... our two production lines met our goals for the day...in record time..with one less employee!! We continued to do the same the next three days and set a record on Friday. Most in the shop are happy that she is gone... but one leadperson was really pissed at me for not going through the chain of command.... namely him... who was her really only "friend".

Such is life in the American workforce. I still feel badly for what happened... what are your thoughts?