Of demon possessed colleagues…

You know, grad school/research is hard enough on its own without the extra non-related issues that come along with it. I actually don’t mind most of those issues, but I’ve always hated it when other people make my life difficult (almost unbearable in this case) just for the hell of it. I hate it when other people bring misery and anger to other people and it completely SUCKS when you cannot do anything about it/them.

I work with a demon possessed man. Sometimes I don’t think he’s possessed and I am convinced he is just a demon, period. Physically he looks like a cross between a sumo wrestler and a long bearded rock star; so that’s one thing. Emotionally and mentally, I am told he grew up in a not so ideal home (think junkies and alchies) so he has a lot of pent up rage that he has now decided to unleash on us innocent unsuspecting co-workers. He is rude, inconsiderate, stubborn, brooding, and might just take a verbal swing at you for absolutely no reason at all. I was unscathed by his wrath for the first few months I worked here, until he discovered that I was dating another guy we work with, who just happens to be the demon’s arch rival. Sucks, right? I cannot stand the fact that the boss and the rest of the department know what a total jerk this dude is and do absolutely NOTHING about it. I am also not comfortable about the fact that ‘possessed’ just bought a gun. Yes, a pistol or something like that…for ‘target practice he says’…Lord save me…

So the point of this post wasn’t just to complain and whine… I am wondering if people like that who make everyone’s lives miserable ever really make it in life? The evil part of me really hopes they don’t, so that they never have a position of power that they could use to make everyone else as miserable as they are. I hope one day he needs a job really badly and I am the lady in power on the other side of the desk who will throw his application in the trash. The good part of me thinks that everyone deserves a chance and that one day he will meet a nice woman who will show him the error of his ways and have him calm and kind… Nah, I doubt it. No woman will get within 10feet of this dude.

For now, I will stay out his way, try to forget every mean thing he says to me as soon as he says it… I will try to control the urge to add water to all his reagents and buffers, or saw thru the legs of his chair. I will not find out where he lives and pour sugar into his gas tank. I will not. I will pray for him, no matter how hard it is, and hope he gets fired soon :)

Back to work,