Should I piss him off?

[mikey]

my secret is when stoned my fingers go cold an typing seems to get blood moving in them, no idea what vitriol is

[Lou Girardin]

the joys of being an employer an dealing with the likes of you,

did you read what you just wrote? i might agree if mrs placid was a tetraplegic but even my 86 year old nana gets up on her fucking chair to do dusting!

what happened to when the boss says jump you say how high!

not occupational health an safety would say bla bla bla an i dont have to an its not in my contract an bla bla,

if its so bad (which is unclear to me) why didnt you leave after you found out what this guy is like? why stay an put yourself through shit, got a spine?

Firstly, youngster, I have been an employer. So I've seen both sides.
Secondly, no bastard tells me to jump.
Thirdly, it's not me in strife, it's placidefemme.

[mikey]

no shit mate, but YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYER THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH YOU!

[MSTRS:Me]

no shit mate, but YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYER THAT HAS TO DEAL WITH YOU!

Ahem....so do you Mikey. US!!!!!

[scumdog]

Ahem....so do you Mikey. US!!!!!

C'mon, don't encourage his outbursts to be any more vitriolic than they already are!!!!

[MSTRS:Me]

C'mon, don't encourage his outbursts to be any more vitriolic than they already are!!!!

Mikey asked about this.....it is something to do with china...more correctly, porcelain....specifically, toilet bowls. Isn't it? Root word = vitreous.
Anyway, shit is often associated with it.

[scumdog]

Type of acid
And Victorian expression for somebody who launches a sour/burning (vitriolic) attack on somebody.

"His comments were dripping in vitriol"

[madboy]

Haven't time to read the whole thread today, so apologies to those I have inadvertantly offended and/or plagiarised.

I remember some course I went on years ago that used the "circle of influence". No doubt this is familiar to many people. Gist was, things that were inside the circle you could control, things outside you couldn't.

Stress (of whatever origin) affects people in different ways, but the key to leading a happy life is to minimise it as much as possible. Therefore following this theory, look at the things that are stressing you.

Are they inside the circle or outside?

Your boss is outside. You can't do bugger all about them.

Your job is inside. Don't like it, move on.

Yeah yeah, I know, money, etc etc etc. But you'll survive no matter what happens. And believe me - I like money. I really like money. But at the end of the day I'd far rather be squinting at a $100 TV I paid cash for than stressing about the payments on a 200inch LCD TV.

Easy for me to say, since my big TV is already paid off

[crashe]

Placidfemme - Clear all your cookies and history of your computer immediatelty and do it everynight before you go home.

Reason is that they can go into your comp and see how much time you are spending on KB or any other website instead of doing your work.

Keep a complete record of what everyone says to you...
Oh and don't discuss what is happening to other workmates...
people can turn on you when you think they are friends and go backstabbing to your boss.

Well since I know where you work.... would you like me to round up MDU and others... hehehehe.

[placidfemme]

Crashe: Thanks... yeah I clean out my cookies and temp internet files daily, as well as my personal e-mails and all personal files and pictures are on a free server online. IT still has log's for all internet usage, regardless of whether ya delete temp files and cookies... but they won't take the net away from me, as I do all the online advertising, and research, and data processing from here to Aussie, as well as location research and booking, training material research and motivation research and the such... Most time when I'm online on KB at the same time I'm surfing other sites that are work related... my internet usage last year was more than this year and they never said anything...

Anyway....

I've been in and out of meetings with the HR Manager and the Marketing Director, explained my situation (not just about the board but about EVERYTHING), my issues with my manager have been sort of sorted out. We've come to the agreement that I can hire an assistant to help me out, on a part time or full time basis, my choice... also agreed on a pay review and commission structure (lol how lucky was that?).

However, in regards to my bosses attitude, from now on I'm more the Marketing Directors PA, and anything that is not in my Job Description has to be cleared by him first before I do it. I also got an apology and a "we're best friends" act all afternoon. Doesn't change the fact that whenever I see him I wanna continuesly stab him in the eye with my pen until he dies from either blood loss or ink poisoning... but yeah...

*still in a badish mood, but not so angry now*

Thank you everyone for your advice and comments, I'm still going to keep a running diary of his behaviour towards me and the such for future reference as I doubt he will remain "nice" for long...

[dveus]

Placidfemme - Clear all your cookies and history of your computer immediatelty and do it everynight before you go home.
.

You'd need to do alot more than that to hide your internet usage.

[Hitcher]

no idea what vitriol is

It's a performance additive for race bikes.

[WINJA]

IF YOU DONT DO IT PF WHO WILL ? SO SOMEONE ELSE WILL GET A SORE NECK.
I THINK YOULL FIND YOU GOT FUCK ALL TO COMPLAIN ABOUT COMPARED TO SOME PEOPLE . YOUVE REMINDED ME WHY ILL NEVER EMPLOY A WOMAN.

[Skunk]

Placidfemme - Clear all your cookies and history of your computer immediatelty and do it everynight before you go home.

Reason is that they can go into your comp and see how much time you are spending on KB or any other website instead of doing your work.

Sorry, but I can still see where each user has been and for how long even if they took the computer away!

It's recorded at the Firewall... and many work places do this.

Good to see something is sorted. Keep those records at home. And keep recording...

[myvice]

GET ANOTHER JOB!!!
Life's too short to work for a pack of wankers.
Your in a position where you can look for another job while still working, so you can be as picky as you want.
Nice new job, more money and fewer hours, higher up the food chain and a bike park...
All you have to do is find it!