Personalities At The Work Place

[Reacher]

A- The preacher: Elitist, deeply superstitious, and conspiracy theorist. He thinks God speaks to him and he claims to get revelation of some form. I listen to him occasionally when we are working on a project as a team trying my best not to burst into a laughter for the ridiculous claims he makes. I can't tell if he means what he says for real sometimes. He has lots of guns and goes to Christian retreat with his buddies for hunting and bible studies. He has a bunker full of supplies that would last him for months in case the apocalypse starts he told me. He offered to protect me if I need his help when violence starts. He thinks Obama is antichrist and his presidency is bad omen, the prelude to bad things to come. If this man doesn't talk and you watch him work, you would never guess he harbors such views, kinda scary. He has good qualities though, a man of his word, very respectful of personal space, very hard working and honest. He is also fair and likes to avoid intentionally offending someone. Strange as it may sound, I prefer him over some other people I work with for his honesty and integrity.

B- The Geek: This guy is well informed on a lot of things. He reads about anything to satisfy his curiosity. An atheist who used to be regular at the church. He left Christianity, as he says, for failing to provide a credible answer to his questions about life and God. He follows a school of philosophy that finds justifications for what people hold as a culture even if it is cannibalism. He doesn't believe there is right or wrong because all views are subjective. Debating or reasoning with him is circular as there is not a "no" or a "yes" answer in his philosophy. At one point I asked him pointedly if he would allow his daughter to be eaten by a cannibal because that cannibal happens to believe eating human flesh is important. He took pains to say "NO" he wouldn't. This guy also looks down on people with faith in general and thinks of them faithfuls as people who lack alternatives. Debating with him is fun sometimes and we can talk for hours on a slow day. He has good personal qualities. He is very helpful if you need his help on anything from math problems, physics, or general questions about something he knows about. He is very smart and has good memories.


C- The man with the OCD : This guy is well informed in his profession, a job he has been doing since puberty. He is a good source and a wikilike for all things Electric, gauges, and thermodynamics. Very detailed, talkative, never gets to the answer easily and is sidetracked too much. He washes his hands a lot and would jump to avoid people making a contact with him. I see him holding his hands both up and to the front, fists clenched as he walks out of the bathroom. He is very thrifty and never seems to have money to buy necessities such as new shoes. His toes stick out and I am thinking buying him a pair inshallah. As a gift soon. I have to figure out how to get his shoe size without him knowing my intension. He provides comic occasions in the morning meetings where he does strange things obsessively and we all burst into laughter after we can't hold it back. One day I couldn't stop laughing for hours till one guy told me, "will you f-u-c-k-in-g cut it, you are killing me too".


D- The New Man: Very professional, pax Americana, Irish by blood, tied to his roots and traveled to Europe. I think he is liberal but hides his political views as he doesn't trust the conservatives in the office. Very smart Old man with grey hair. He is vegetarian. He keeps low profile because he is newly hired. A mild mannered man of age who doesn't swat a fly off his body. And cool I think. he likes to talk to me for some reason and chats with me.


E- The Boss: The cool liberal boss. He is very funny and cracks jokes constantly. He helped me when I was newly hired. He understood isolation and was very helpful in getting me started. back then, he was not the manager but part of the group. He was promoted and we couldn't have a better man to watch over us. He is not perfect and tomorrow he can change, but for now, he has been himself.


F- The Cheese-head: a packers fan, literally gets emotional when the team loses and gets very personal if you joke about them losing a game. Once I mentioned to him how I don't care too much about a local team, he got offended because he thought I was taking a jab at his emotional attachment to his hometown team. Otherwise, he is funny, has no manners and farted twice in my presence and I told him that was shameful and un-adult like. Very unrefined. he has a problem saying "I don't know something". So we all learned to let him make a mistake first and then correct him afterwards. He was a late comer to the group so in his mind, to be at level with the rest, he had to pretend he knew everything.


G- Me:: Nothing to say except the only black dude in the complex.


What about you?

[Basra-]

YOU: A mixture of "the Geek" and "the NEW MAM"

[Reacher]

YOU: A mixture of "the Geek" and "the NEW MAM"

What about you Basra? If you work.

[AgentOfChaos]

The Soldier: A down to earth Ex-Marine who hated his tour in Iraq, who is critical of the US foreign policies, loves other cultures, and now considers himself a hippie.

The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: A nice guy, keeps to himself for most part, but once or twice a day he transforms into a fedora wearing Atheist douchebag that loves to debate about religion constantly.

The Metal-Head: The cool oddball who has incredible knowledge in all there is to know about Metal, and likes to tell people about obscure bands.

The Prankster: The funny guy who always does shenanigans and pulls pranks on everyone, it's never a dull moment with this guy.

The Sloth/Boss's Brother: The lazy fuck who does nothing mostly and when he finally does something, he screws up.

The Boss: An old buddy of mine, knew him for years, he is funny guy and big trekkie.

Me: Don't know.

[Reacher]

AgentOfChaos,


I notice it is all male work environment for you as well. Your work place seems fun per your description. If my boss wasn't the manager of our group, he would be a friend, but to avoid others misconstrue friendship for favoritism, we decided it was best that we keep it professional to the extent that I don't accept dinner invitations from the boss if others are not involved. Gaalada waa sensitive. Being black, muslim, and totally different in an environment where competence is expected and part of your job, it is easy to draw envy.


Basra


Guess "if you work" part of the comment got to you? I wasn't insinuating you were retired.

[Nabeela]

The taker: the goofy looking dude who can't seem to keep his hands off my things, whether it's my pen or salad, I'm tired of hiding things from him.

Ms know it all: the tall plain bore girl who can't just stop, if you have an idea, she has a manifesto, if you talk about a recent book, she knows the author, she doesn't know when to stop.

[AgentOfChaos]

AgentOfChaos,


I notice it is all male work environment for you as well. Your work place seems fun per your description. If my boss wasn't the manager of our group, he would be a friend, but to avoid others misconstrue friendship for favoritism, we decided it was best that we keep it professional to the extent that I don't accept dinner invitations from the boss if others are not involved. Gaalada waa sensitive. Being black, muslim, and totally different in an environment where competence is expected and part of your job, it is easy to draw envy.

True, some are like that, but luckily most people I work with have thick skins, and they have the most darkest sense of humor you can imagine where nothing is sacred; It's perverse and AWESOME.

[Skippa]

The chicken:
easily flustered, her speech is peppered with little “oh”s and “ah”s that sound like the cluck clucks of a chicken, not to mention her puckered lips that vaguely resemble a beak

The ram:
Forceful, never a conversation’s had between two people that he doesn’t feel the need to jump headlong into it, literally. He’ll see two or more people talking and he’ll walk up to them in earnest with his head down as if to ram his way into the conversation.

The cow:
Always chewing food, all day long…and blowing hot air from both orifices

The dog:
kacsi to the max; his head is like a radar dish, constantly turning this way or that to check out passing women and comment on their physical attributes

The pig:
A fat slob, dirty, unkempt…will eat anything and do it loudly and messily. Has a predilection for pasta and meatballs which he brings from home in a giant tub.

The snake:
thin, lanky, walks sinuously…talks with a lisp, very conniving and deceitful

The rat:
a brown nosing sycophant who’ll sell her own mother to curry favours with the bosses;

The rooster:
strutting around with his chest puffed up… likes to tell people that he’s from France. He tries hard to sound Parisian but his African accent betrays him (says “ti” instead of “tu” or “pé” for “peux”). He wears a lot of “le coq sportif” brand…has a crush on the chicken.

The fish:
No chin, little beady eyes, and a slopping glistening forehead. You never want to shake his hand as it’s always clammy. Sits in a little secluded area away from everyone else and likes it just fine

The donkey:
overworked with the most menial of tasks and underappreciated. Goes about it without complaining; Has a very nasty and stubborn disposition.

[Reacher]

Skippa,



That doesn't look like a place you would show up for work with enthusiasm. Jaajuuskaa ugu daran. One can learn to deal with the eccentric and dirty.

[Reacher]

AgentOfChaos,


I notice it is all male work environment for you as well. Your work place seems fun per your description. If my boss wasn't the manager of our group, he would be a friend, but to avoid others misconstrue friendship for favoritism, we decided it was best that we keep it professional to the extent that I don't accept dinner invitations from the boss if others are not involved. Gaalada waa sensitive. Being black, muslim, and totally different in an environment where competence is expected and part of your job, it is easy to draw envy.

True, some are like that, but luckily most people I work with have thick skins, and they have the most darkest sense of humor you can imagine where nothing is sacred; It's perverse and AWESOME.

We have couple in the group who are funny. Meetings are the fun part of everyday where a stupid comment someone makes, or a slip gets turned into a fiasco. It is quite place otherwise where people keep to themselves. The occasional debate over religion and atheism flare up between two individuals. Other than that, everyone is busy working in the field or on a project. Really Quite.

[Skippa]

It’s a zoo brother but I’ve gotten adept at handling each animal according to his nature. For example, here’s how I sussed out/tamed the rat.

On the eve of a big deliverable, I deliberately told her that I hadn’t made headways with it (when in fact, I’d completed it weeks earlier). True to her nature, she didn’t take long to scurry with the news and share it with the boss lady (the hen); On that day, I got the immense satisfaction of ruffling the boss’ feathers while showing up the plague carrying pest

[CushiticReflections]

The Big Boss
Some days he's very friendly and talkative and on other days he's sullen and reclusive. He hates doing things by himself, even the simplest of tasks, and takes pleasure in summoning his underlings to do his bidding.

The Prick
Second-in-command and probably the fakest person there (which is quite the accomplishment). He has no respect for his employees and can never see things from any perspective but his own.

The Comedian
He's one of the bosses and is probably one of the funniest people there. Although he was hated by my colleagues, we got along just fine until he snapped one day and changed.

The Pervert
He's an older fellow who seems to have a thing for tall and slim young females. He seems normal and friendly enough but always remain suspicious of this one as he will find any excuse to come into very close contact and "accidentally" graze you or sniff your hair when you're not looking.

The Pessimist
A cool guy with a great sense of humour. Others see him as a prick but he's actually very kind and probably the realest dude working there. It's always interesting to hear him tell stories or share his beliefs and I appreciate his continuous fight against "the system".

The Conspiracy Theorist
She has a type A personality and is a major perfectionist. She usually worked in the office the day after I worked and was so paranoid that she thought that I would purposely make things harder for her as if I made some sort of plan to make her life a living hell. So she had a personal vendetta against me. But others grew so tired of her complaints and paranoia that there's now a wedge between them.

The Flirt
Seemed to be suspiciously overly nice and affectionate at first. He desires female attention and will do just about anything to get it.

The Foreigner
At first, it appeared as though he disliked the fact that there were women with authority over him judging by his comments and actions. However, he soon came to accept the power dynamics. He's a curious person and often asks innocent questions that tend to make others feel uncomfortable or awkward, which is always amusing.

The Mean Girls
A clique of girls, some of whom terrorized their underlings. They're not so bad when you get to know them but they're feared by the others.

[Reacher]

It’s a zoo brother but I’ve gotten adept at handling each animal according to his nature. For example, here’s how I sussed out/tamed the rat.

On the eve of a big deliverable, I deliberately told her that I hadn’t made headways with it (when in fact, I’d completed it weeks earlier). True to her nature, she didn’t take long to scurry with the news and share it with the boss lady (the hen); On that day, I got the immense satisfaction of ruffling the boss’ feathers while showing up the plague carrying pest

My previous job had characters like that. I don't miss that place. The management was bad and nepotistic as well. They were friends who fished and hunted together, went to bars on weekends. They favored Vietnamese and Asians over other races. My immediate boss was married to a Vietnamese. You were on their good books if you towed their line and kissed up to them. I was good at my job and did critical work without which the output would suffer, so they respected me for that reason only. And I argued with them without fear if they crossed my line. It was depressing. I got lucky and found a job with respected institution.

[OliveOil]

I work with family and they are all f-king retards when it comes to work! FUCK!

[SelfD]

I work with family and they are all f-king retards when it comes to work! FUCK!

wlc back olive, hows married life?