Ok, let me tell you a little story. I work at night and I use my bike as a mean of transportation. But I'm not the only one, another guy does the same thing. So every night, when we arrive, we have to put our bikes where doors and windows are displayed. (I work in a big surface hardware store, just like Home Depot) The problem is, the guy always puts his ****in' bike in the way so I always, and I mean always, have to move it in order to put mine. So yesterday I got pissed, I decided to put his bike in a tiny area where it would be very hard to take it off, to make him understand that when he puts his bike in the way, he will find it in that very place. So if he doesn't want me to stick his bike where it shouldn't be, he shouldn't do it either. Do you guys understand my way of thinking ? Anyways, this morning, he saw this of course, and was frustrated. So I told him what I did but didn't have time to explain why as he was already crying about how mean I was (you get the picture). Me being a little brat, I went outside where everyone was and I said: "some people just do not understand". So he tells me to shut up. I, again, tried to explain why I did what I did, but he tells me to go away. See I have this brain problem. when someone tells me to shut up, I wanna' speak more and more, and when someone tells me to go away, I wanna' stay more and more also. Back to the story. I get close and ask him, politely, to repeat what he just said, so he pushes me, but I push him back and he almost falls. then he pushes me again so I take his wrist, pull him to me, and push him back again. He then continues to talk but looks, surprisingly, towards the ground, while I'm trying to look right into his pityful eyes (I should be a writer). He then leaves. am I missing something here ? Should we put me in a psychic institution, or is it where HE belongs. Or maybe we both belong there, who knows ? I think he should have just waited for my explanations instead of crying and pushing me. Maybe I should've told him to put his bike elsewhere, but something told me he wouldn't understand, and you know what ? I got the proof of it this morning. So what do you think ? One last thing. The guy litterally threatened me. He said, and I quote:"Toé JF, ferme ta yeule, j't'averti, ferme la". Which means: "You better shut your mouth, I'm telling you, shut up" He's 5'8'' 120 at the most. I'm 5'10'' 260. I played football for 4 years so I'm not as big as you would think. In fact, most people think I weigh 200 pounds at the most. Is that guy stupid or what ? Don't threaten me please, I'm begging you, do not threaten me, 'cause I might do something I do not wanna' do...
Being a small guy, I don't see any advantage to seriously threatening someone bigger then me. It sounds like he's got some issues. Yeah, I'd be a bit concerned if my transportation wasn't where I left it, but if someone nicely asks to put it elsewhere (nothing unreasonable), I don't have a problem with moving it. A little common sense usually helps. If he tries to start a fight, best to just block it off and not hit back, 'cause you being the bigger guy---it'll look bad for you.
Yeah exactly what I thought. No matter what I do, I'll be seen as the bad guy. The thing is, there's no point in asking him. 1) I had forgotten a ps2 game at his place, I asked him 4 times to bring it back to me, he never did. I had to go there and pick it up myself. 2) He owed me 5 bucks for 3 weeks. The only reason I got the money back is we ordered pizza, and I made him pay 5 bucks more than what he normally should have. I udnerstand that 5 bucks isn't much, but that's the whole point. Plus he has the money, since we work at the same place (duh!) That is why I took action. Not only that, he's my partner ! Tomorrow I'll give two choices to my supervisor: a) put me in another department, I can't stand him; b) I quit. I don't care, I'm getting slacked in not even 2 weeks anyway. Sure I need the money, but it's not critical to my survival, so I'll value my piece of mind first !
