Comments on: Novelty worn away by arsehole http://peteashton.com/2004/03/novelty_worn_away_by_arsehole/ June 2000 to June 2010 Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:48:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeremy http://peteashton.com/2004/03/novelty_worn_away_by_arsehole/comment-page-1/#comment-4736 Jeremy Tue, 09 Mar 2004 17:48:58 +0000 http://peteashton.com/2004/03/novelty_worn_away_by_arsehole/#comment-4736 "Apparently this job has been going since November and they can't get anyone to fill it either full time or through the agency." Oh, one of them. Like _____ at _____ who had an entire room full of temps because noone would willingly talk to her if they could avoid it, let alone work for her .... (still manager at the same place, as far as I'm aware -- her sort endure). Might be worth telling the temping agency (if they call with the same job again, as they are wont to do, "I know you said you didn't want this but ...") that the problem isn't just the money, it's that the driver is difficult to work with. Incredibly, not even his manager may know that's the problem with the job; who would be, unless they were spending time in the cab with him? Complaining about racist or sexist coworkers when you're a white man is (yes, unfairly) tricky, but you can still complain about things like intimidation (conversational or physical), inappropriate conversation (someone telling you lots of personal stuff, for example) ... and often I find annoyance is masking more direct concerns about the safety of my work environment. For example, you don't really want to be in a fast-moving vehicle with a person whose judgement you don't trust. “Apparently this job has been going since November and they can’t get anyone to fill it either full time or through the agency.” Oh, one of them. Like _____ at _____ who had an entire room full of temps because noone would willingly talk to her if they could avoid it, let alone work for her …. (still manager at the same place, as far as I’m aware — her sort endure).

Might be worth telling the temping agency (if they call with the same job again, as they are wont to do, “I know you said you didn’t want this but …”) that the problem isn’t just the money, it’s that the driver is difficult to work with.

Incredibly, not even his manager may know that’s the problem with the job; who would be, unless they were spending time in the cab with him?

Complaining about racist or sexist coworkers when you’re a white man is (yes, unfairly) tricky, but you can still complain about things like intimidation (conversational or physical), inappropriate conversation (someone telling you lots of personal stuff, for example) …

and often I find annoyance is masking more direct concerns about the safety of my work environment. For example, you don’t really want to be in a fast-moving vehicle with a person whose judgement you don’t trust.

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