my cousin
has had many jobs, most of them through a temping agency. her average length of employment is 6-8 months. not that she does her job badly, she works very hard.

the problem is, she thinks that she can do anyone's job better than them.

she goes in on her first day, beaming with good-natured over-eagerness. within a week, she has managed to offend someone in the company who is on *extremely* friendly terms with the boss. you know the type; an absolute cnut who will never be sacked, no matter what they do.
when this person starts(usually justifiably) being a little off with her, she will immediately go to her superiors and accuse said person of trying to turn the whole office against her.

this usually results in the whole office turning against her. after all, she's just a temp and she acts like she's been there for years and is indispensable.

she is also very paranoid and a bad judge of character. she will choose to confide in the person most likely to be the main cohort of the first person she complained about. word gets around the office in record time and, before she knows it, nobody will speak to her.

this is usually about the time she starts phoning me, crying about how much everyone hates her and how she's just trying to do a good job. i've tried several times over the years to tell her not to make permanent staff look bad and not to make formal complaints because someone doesn't want to talk to her.

so far, this hasn't sunk in.

she's had about 8 immediate superiors hauled up for disciplinary hearings so far but, as they've done nothing wrong, the matter is always dropped. this just fuels her paranoia and speeds her on her way to her next job.

she's my cousin and i love her, but if she fucks up one more time, i'm going to disconnect my phone.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 3:57, 5 replies)

I think.
I've worked with her :)
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Mon 28 Jan 2008, 7:34, closed)

we've all worked with her
I worked with about 5 of her in one place.

Me: The reports pretty good, but I think we should cut out the middle section.

Her1: WHY DO YOU HATE ME!!!
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 28 Jan 2008, 14:48, closed)

Smash Monkey
can I just ask, is your username under any form of copyright, or dyou use it/is it used for anything else, as I love the way it sounds, and wanna use it for a band name!
(bacontrout got ska, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 15:10, closed)

@ bacontrout
it was a nickname my cousin gave to me in my stoner days. it's not copyrighted as far as i know, so you can use it if you want. just make sure you become famous, then i can dine out on this story for months!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 28 Jan 2008, 18:57, closed)

Lol, thanks!
Miiiiight have to wait a little for the fame aspect though, as we're a bit poo :)
(bacontrout got ska, Wed 30 Jan 2008, 13:03, closed)