Hi everyone,
I hate to dump things on this board, but i am wondering if anyone can give me any advice?!
I work for an agency who send me out to the same company every day. Agency staff at this company are almost scum, on the bottom of the food chain. We work alongside machine operators, helping them out. The reason i am in this job is that i am saving money for a goal i have. It is also interesting and is a break from the usual 9-5 routine i had.
There is this guy there who is rough around the edges. That is not the issue, what is to follow is:
He is 35, lives on his own. Within 5 mins of our first conversation, which i had to initiate, he told me he has been single for 3.5 years. I can tell he is frustrated, and really should have a girlfriend etc., i am sure all his friends probably have kids by now etc., but that is not my problem.
Anyhow, we got along okay for the first few months, and now he just stares at me from the machine, becomes loud when i am around, tries to get my attention, talks over me when i am having conversations with other people, interrupts my conversations with other people. In the staff room during breaks, he constantly talks about himself and is generally loud and obnoxious. Nobody puts him back in his place, he is annoying and disturbs my peace. He is constantly domineering and i can tell he thinks agency staff are scum of the earth, although he uses us for attention.
He has made several references to his penis, in front of the female staff (in a fun way, but.. come on), and made a reference to a woman's breasts once, while we were watching tv.
I can tell he does not like me, but feels he has to dominate every woman (and man for that matter) in the place. He constantly b.itches about the other male staff, he really wants to be team leader, but is not. In short, he is a loose canon and a pain in the a.rse.
I cannot complain about him because i am agency staff and do not belong there. I am at the stage where i do not want to work there anymore. I used to like the job, but he creates so much stress that it is impossible to relax there.
When i confronted him about his attitude, after he yelled at me for changing the tv channel because 'he was watching it', he said "that's just me"... THAT'S HOW ARROGANT HE IS. I felt like saying, "well, it's really working for you, clearly everyone is rushing out to be with you".
Gosh, he is so annoying. I hope the supervisor doesn't put me on the machine with him today, but if he does, it will be interesting. In a way i hope he does, because i don't want to back down.
I have tried everything - ignoring him, talking to him (and he is only nice when it suits him), and confronting him: nothing seems to work. I really want to ignore him, but he makes it impossible by invading my mental and physical space. He will even find an excuse to come and talk (or should i say "yell") to other operators when i am working with them. As i said before, i don't think he has a romantic interest in me, he just wants to dominate me, because i won't put up with his crap.
He seems to get away with everything (ciggarette breaks, noise), while the others work peacefully. I hate him.
I hate to dump things on this board, but i am wondering if anyone can give me any advice?!
I work for an agency who send me out to the same company every day. Agency staff at this company are almost scum, on the bottom of the food chain. We work alongside machine operators, helping them out. The reason i am in this job is that i am saving money for a goal i have. It is also interesting and is a break from the usual 9-5 routine i had.
There is this guy there who is rough around the edges. That is not the issue, what is to follow is:
He is 35, lives on his own. Within 5 mins of our first conversation, which i had to initiate, he told me he has been single for 3.5 years. I can tell he is frustrated, and really should have a girlfriend etc., i am sure all his friends probably have kids by now etc., but that is not my problem.
Anyhow, we got along okay for the first few months, and now he just stares at me from the machine, becomes loud when i am around, tries to get my attention, talks over me when i am having conversations with other people, interrupts my conversations with other people. In the staff room during breaks, he constantly talks about himself and is generally loud and obnoxious. Nobody puts him back in his place, he is annoying and disturbs my peace. He is constantly domineering and i can tell he thinks agency staff are scum of the earth, although he uses us for attention.
He has made several references to his penis, in front of the female staff (in a fun way, but.. come on), and made a reference to a woman's breasts once, while we were watching tv.
I can tell he does not like me, but feels he has to dominate every woman (and man for that matter) in the place. He constantly b.itches about the other male staff, he really wants to be team leader, but is not. In short, he is a loose canon and a pain in the a.rse.
I cannot complain about him because i am agency staff and do not belong there. I am at the stage where i do not want to work there anymore. I used to like the job, but he creates so much stress that it is impossible to relax there.
When i confronted him about his attitude, after he yelled at me for changing the tv channel because 'he was watching it', he said "that's just me"... THAT'S HOW ARROGANT HE IS. I felt like saying, "well, it's really working for you, clearly everyone is rushing out to be with you".
Gosh, he is so annoying. I hope the supervisor doesn't put me on the machine with him today, but if he does, it will be interesting. In a way i hope he does, because i don't want to back down.
I have tried everything - ignoring him, talking to him (and he is only nice when it suits him), and confronting him: nothing seems to work. I really want to ignore him, but he makes it impossible by invading my mental and physical space. He will even find an excuse to come and talk (or should i say "yell") to other operators when i am working with them. As i said before, i don't think he has a romantic interest in me, he just wants to dominate me, because i won't put up with his crap.
He seems to get away with everything (ciggarette breaks, noise), while the others work peacefully. I hate him.
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