Meet S. Once upon a time, a friend of my colleague was looking for a job. An IT job. I said to her, pass me his resume and I’ll see what I can do. So I got his resume and forwarded it to my then line manager Mrs J. A few weeks later he was hired as my colleague. He started as a Helpdesk Technician and then worked his way up to a Systems team member (like me) and finally as a manager-level title which is obviously above my pay grade. His full title is “Data Management Specialist” and he manages everything concerned the company’s MIS, mostly iSAMS.
You see, I use to teach S a thing or two about work and IT in general. Like everybody else who needed my help, I explained the subject thoroughly and patiently no matter how slow some of them were. The same goes to S. Very rarely I say no and not once I scold or berate the person for being ignorant on the subject.
Since S is charge of iSAMS, sometimes I refer to him regarding issues concerning iSAMS. Last week though, I don’t know what got into him but he chided me for not making enough effort to solve a problem. Now I know I don’t know everything under the sun and especially most things in iSAMS but there’s absolutely no need to be high and mighty about it. And it’s not the first time he berated me too. Sometimes he did it in our work group chat as well, for every body else to see.
Am I hurt? You bet. Although I call myself dead inside, some things do touch me such as an ungrateful person being a dick to me. I know he’s organizationally higher than me but If you can’t respect me as a colleague, at least respect me as a (chronologically) senior staff. You think I enjoy looking for you for solutions and being rebuked for the slightest reason? If it’s not because of work, I won’t even bother talking to you. Not after last week anyway. We’ll see how far you and your arrogance will go in life.
You know I had never once brought up the time I got him hired because I know he’s a hardworking, diligent man and if he was not working here, he’ll succeed anywhere regardless. But I am bringing that up here just for context and a backstory.
Is this a rant? Up to you to call it whatever. But one thing I’d like to say here to S, fuck you and your attitude.
