Disaster Strikes in Paradise

[Kisa]

I quite like my current job: Good pay, stable hours, good management, daily breaks. Yesterday, I found out a girl I went to High School with just got hired and is now in training. Sadly, not one of the nice, respectful people either. She's the type of person who always has negative opinions of everyone and everything and has no problem expressing them in the form of "advice" and snappy remarks.

Example #1:

We were partners in drivers training. She is 2 years older than me and, therefore, expected to be a better driver. She wasn't. She refused to let go of the wheel when turning and sped up/braked too hard. When the teacher tried to correct her, she fought him insisting she knew more then he did. When I got my permit before her, she approached me to let me know "he only passed you because you're pretty" and then made snide remarks about my driving skills for the next few months.

Example #2:

She has a boyfriend in Florida for about 2 years who she never met in person. She talked about him a lot and one day showed me a picture of him. Long blonde hair, greasy, kinda shifty looking, not the type of guy I'd date. She asked my opinion. I hate being asked this because If I say he's cute, the girl could get defensive thinking I want to steal him. If I say he's ugly, that would be rude and offensive. I said he looks like a nice guy so I would be complimenting him without expressing potential attraction. "Well what the hell is that supposen to mean" was her response. I said "It means I think he looks like a nice person". She said "Well, whatever. I don't know why I even bothered asking you". I tried taking to her less so maybe she would leave me alone. Instead, she insisted I had an attitude problem and I should fix that if I want to keep my friends.

Example #3:

In class, a guy on the other side of the room was eating those Ritz peanut butter cracker things. She flipped out and started calling him names.
He asked what her problem is.
She told him she is allergic to nuts and he is being rude and selfish.
He said he won't bring them near her.
She called him a moron and a dumbass and told him to educate himself on allergies, then turned to me and asked if she was right.
I put a hand up and asked to be left out of it.
She rolled her eyes and said she should have known I would "pull that shit with her".

I hope she works a totally different shift in a totally different group

[Crossbow]

Wow, what a bit--- Never mind. That's insulting to female dogs.

Sounds like somebody's got a serious princess complex. I'm surprised the argument with the driving instructor didn't get her canned right off the bat.

Sorry you have to deal with her. Best case is she pisses off the wrong person and gets fired. Otherwise, here's hoping you just don't have to deal with her.

[firecat88]

Example #1:

So, on top of apparently doing poorly, she picks a fight with the driving instructor and expects to be passed? Someone's a might delusional.

Example #2:

Oh jeez. That reminds me of the people who get pissed off if you don't agree that their baby/pet/ficus plant is the most cutesy-wutesy-adorable thing ever in existence.

Example #3:

Unless her allergy is such that she cannot even breathe in peanut fumes without getting sick, I have no idea how it's such an insult for someone to be eating something with peanut butter in it in her general vicinity. Even so, can you say 'overreaction'?

[Crossbow]

Unless her allergy is such that she cannot even breathe in peanut fumes without getting sick, I have no idea how it's such an insult for someone to be eating something with peanut butter in it in her general vicinity. Even so, can you say 'overreaction'?

I do know someone that is that allergic to corn. She can't go to the movie theaters, and while she was working, making microwave popcorn in her office was an automatic termination offense. No warning, no excuses. However, I doubt this harpy is at that level. Maybe, but I doubt it.

Besides, did the individual even know that she was allergic? Was he supposed to be psychic? Oh, wait.... Nevermind.

[MoonCat]

And the part about you "fixing" your attitudes if you "want to keep your friends." What makes Ms. Princess think she's one of your friends?

With any luck, she won't work there for long. She'll probably want special treatment, and if she doesn't get it, she'll walk.

[Bella_Vixen]

I do know someone that is that allergic to corn. She can't go to the movie theaters, and while she was working, making microwave popcorn in her office was an automatic termination offense. No warning, no excuses.

Please tell me that people were told ahead of time to not make popcorn.

[Kisa]

Unless her allergy is such that she cannot even breathe in peanut fumes without getting sick, I have no idea how it's such an insult for someone to be eating something with peanut butter in it in her general vicinity. Even so, can you say 'overreaction'?

She never carried epipens so I doubt it was anywhere near that serious.

[Kogarashi]

She never carried epipens so I doubt it was anywhere near that serious.

This, seriously. People who are that allergic to something make sure to be prepared about it because unless you have a neon light flashing over your head announcing your allergy, you can't expect everyone everywhere to automatically know these things without advance warning.

[AccountingDrone]

[I carry an epipen....]

Really, peanuts *aren't* nuts, they are legumes that grow on the root system of their plant.

I will admit to being snotty once at work - I was sitting in the breakroom eating a snickers bar [i turned hypo and needed the sugars but not badly enough to hork down the nasty glucose tabs in my purse] and they came in and pitched a fit about me eating something with peanuts [in what was a nice quiet empty breakroom] so I whipped out my epipen and slapped it down on the table and told her I was prepared if she went into shock. The person with her snickered as she flounced out totally insulted. I am amazed she didn't go to HR. [maybe she did and got shot down]

[wolfie]

If she's allergic to nuts, how did she survive this long? After all, she can't avoid being in the same room as herself.

Refusing to let go of the wheel (presumably when the instructor said "I've got it")? Insisting she knew more than the instructor when he tried to correct her? If I'd been the instructor, I'd have invited her to attend a different driving school, because her time with me was FINISHED.

On a skill scale ranging between "Can blindside back triples around a right-angle corner in one shot" and "Can jacknife a bobtail", she'd make the jacknife guy look like a good driver.

I will admit to being snotty once at work - I was sitting in the breakroom eating a snickers bar [i turned hypo and needed the sugars but not badly enough to hork down the nasty glucose tabs in my purse] and they came in and pitched a fit about me eating something with peanuts [in what was a nice quiet empty breakroom] so I whipped out my epipen and slapped it down on the table and told her I was prepared if she went into shock. The person with her snickered as she flounced out totally insulted. I am amazed she didn't go to HR. [maybe she did and got shot down]

Was that (boldface is mine) intentional?

[Crossbow]

Please tell me that people were told ahead of time to not make popcorn.

I'm fairly sure it was communicated beforehand, yes. She's on disability for other reasons now, so it's no longer an issue.

[Kisa]

If she's allergic to nuts, how did she survive this long? After all, she can't avoid being in the same room as herself.

Refusing to let go of the wheel (presumably when the instructor said "I've got it")? Insisting she knew more than the instructor when he tried to correct her?

First off...HAHAHAHAHA! Awesome

When turning corners, instead of going hand over hand to turn the wheel, she would keep her hands on the same spot on the steering wheel and turn the wheel until her elbows touched. Naturally, her arms would get all twisted up and she couldn't make the full turn. Also, she would accelerate on turns instead of braking so her turns were sloppy and she would cut people off because she would slip into the wrong lane. The teacher told her to go hand over hand instead of twising her arms like a pretzel so she could make the turn easier and better and to take the turn slower. She didn't listen. The next time she turned, she almost hit a car so he hit the brakes. She stopped the car and started yelling saying she could have made it and why can't he just let her drive. He repeated his advide. She said she's doing fine and he keeps messing her up. He eventually got her to stop yelling and repeated his advice once more. She still didn't listen.

[Pixilated]

What a treasure ... with any luck she'll be forced to take her High and Mightyness somewhere else very soon.

I remember someone in an adult upgrading course screeching loudly that her friend was allergic to chocolate and rushing a plate of chocolate cookies out of the room before said friend could (presumably) keel over. I noticed that the friend who actually had the alleged allergy said nothing on her own behalf ... and the b**** part of me wondered if the shrieker also made a habit of running through the halls grabbing people's hot chocolates so her friend could safely traverse the college's hallways.

[AccountingDrone]

What a treasure ... with any luck she'll be forced to take her High and Mightyness somewhere else very soon.

I remember someone in an adult upgrading course screeching loudly that her friend was allergic to chocolate and rushing a plate of chocolate cookies out of the room before said friend could (presumably) keel over. I noticed that the friend who actually had the alleged allergy said nothing on her own behalf ... and the b**** part of me wondered if the shrieker also made a habit of running through the halls grabbing people's hot chocolates so her friend could safely traverse the college's hallways.

Duchess Sedalia [she was a member of the SCA, and for a number of years was the Society Seneschal, effectively a managing director of a non-profit organization] was allergic to seafood [and personally there is a *wide* selection of sea based critters, and AFIK someone who is allergic to bivalves like clams may not be allergic to crustaceans like shrimp or fish like cod so it helps if people *define* what ind of seafood they are discussing.] One Pennsic she and her group were visiting the camp next to ours and she sent over one of her retinue to tell us to stop cooking the shrimp etouffe, or she would have it forcibly removed and thrown into the dumpster well away from the camp.

She got told in no uncertain terms that she was not in our camp, nor within 100 meters/yards of the camp kitchen and she could use benedryl or epi if the delicate scent of simmering shrimps at a distance most people couldn't smell food cooking at caused her to have an allergic reaction, and if she did abuse her office by sending a retainer into our camp to disrupt our supper preparations I would contact several lawyers I knew in the area, and several in California [where the society was incorporated] and I would make her life and her job a living hell. [hells bells, I used to work in kitchens and prep mushrooms, which is an anaphylactic allergy for me. I had to pop a benedryl and use latex gloves and work fast before the smell triggered a nausea reaction in me. ] Oddly enough she backed down, and sent an apology over. Seems odd that she didn't seem to have any issue that evening. [and I know for certain that she was in the camp next to the one I was cooking in the evening I made grilled shrimp the year before and I never heard word one about it. Seems she is only allergic to shrimp she knows is being cooked]

[artcurmudgeon]

AD, this is why I dont like the sca any more....

but thats another story...