cruboy

it has been awhile again since i have written anything down... now i suppose is a more interesting time... some good friends are leaving the office and new faces coming in...

"a farewell is necessary before you can meet again." - rbach

leaving the unkindness behind... the raven with grace unmatched have left the nest, spreading its wings it soars off to the sunset, to another place... a better place. only this and nothing more.

the office have become a stage of drama... quite interesting actually... situational comedy, suspense and it might i suppose it has made the seemingly boring office scenario into a mini drama where i am both the audience and a player... it is not surprising that people behave in a certain way when confronted with a slight change... and it is not surprising either that people react violently when confronted with a drastic change. 

there are different personae that plays in the melodrama of the work place... we have the good old protagonists and of course the antagonists as well. the office villains may come in groups or individuals who would make somebody's work life a living hell, terrorizing you or make you feel uncomfortable; a looming threat that is waiting on your moment of weakness.  we have that sort in the office right now and we call them the "phenom three"... aptly coined by an officemate of mine... and are they phenomenally a handful. an interesting caricature of personalities so different and unique that it is just driving some of the people out of their mind.  for what purpose, i can only guess... but definitely interesting.

"calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, of crooked counsels and dark politics." - apope

the roster of villains: the reformist, the prima donna, and "mr. i have done that too". 

the reformist is a visionary, who sees an ideal office scenario or working condition and would suggest and maybe implement them.  unfortunately, there are reformist who are those who just could not adopt into the current environment and then lobbies to change it to the environment they are accustomed. they will question tradition and will mark everything obsolete and passé.  reformists are proactive whiners.  the prima donnas on the other hand are just plain whiners... these people are obsessed with job titles and thinks everything not their equal as either spoiled favorite  or dispensable slaves. you will only hear them rant on how everything else makes them look bad (...because they are soooo great!?).  they will name drop people who they think are so cool, and pretend they are in the loop; but in reality are so clueless.  You cannot expect prima donnas to do menial work and they will at all opportunities possible take credit for good work.  the mr. i have done that too... are the pretentious jack of all trade... and yes they are still master of none.  these people would quickly say i have done this and done that, they will not take credit for work but they will say they have been greatly involved with it.  they normally have beefed up resume like high protein diet programs but have no absolute nutritional value.  the funny thing about them is they would normally try to pass the bucket to somebody else to fetch the water... and are the one who would give it back after the hard work from the well.

the other rosters of antagonist that might be found in the office are...  the gossipmonger, the secret spy, "i can never be wrong" man... of course we also have the sex maniac, the jerk, the heinous bitch and the flirt... the bigger the office the more personality varies... then the likeliness of having all sorts of office villains.

as for me... well, i'm still the demi god of herculean task. i say "bring it on."