My pisces co-worker DRIVES ME MAD!!!

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He is the most irritable person I have ever known in my life! He bitches and curses all day. He has $ problems and has credit people calling once a week. He can hardly afford food, and asks people for cigarettes. He wears the same pants every day, and switches pants once a month. Oh, and he is 45, and has a decent wage. BUT, he is a bad pothead and is compulsive so that when he gets $ , it's gone right aways. I understand this is a huge reason why is so awful a person.

What can I do to calm his Fukking nerves. I honestly feel like he a walking nightmare everywhere he goes. Even customers tell me they never want to deal with him. Unfortunately he's been with the boss 15 years now, and I doubt he'll ever leave. I don't always work closely with him, but even the little amount I do drives me nuts. I hate being around negative people.

Oh, and he talks ALL day, never stops. Just horrible negative words from his mouth, alllllllllllllllll bloody day long.
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On a more serious side,if it includes problems for anxiety,its hard to do anything really.I'd just suggest trying to find something verbally to see if theres something to get him to chill out,sometimes just bringing up certain topics in a casual way gets people with those problems to a "hey,this isn't so bad" type thing realization,if they think they don't have to be antsy.Shoot off topics to get him to relax,of course that will be making you be "friend" material to him.I don't know,Bi-polar people are alot easier to deal with sometimes due to the "ups" part of it beyond the bad lol.
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2 sharks swimming in opposite directions:I think she has Lolita tendencies

He should ignore you,Oh if only he could find the strength and stop foaming at the mouth.He's a shark dammit a ruler of the ocean don't give in to teasing,you don't tease sharks. He gives us a bad rep,the only way he'll ever have you besides in his fantasies is is I don't know maybe if he attends a life reaffirming seminar or reads some self help books. Wake up dude! You've swam down to deep.
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Keef, yes, he did swim too deep. He has NO self control whatsoever. And I do have a pisces friend who I totally love, so I am not generalizing here about you fishies. 🙂

CL - What is wrong with being a sex addict?!! lol Anyways, if you can be a pothead & afford it and control yourself if you don't have it, I have no problems. I was one for 4 years in HIGHschool too. This guy has problems.

Riffraff, "Do you even like your Pisces co-worker? Or do you feel that you have to rescue him for some reason?" I do want to help, he has potential, it's sad for me to see a life so miserable.
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Taurusgoddess, lol

I feel for you. Hey and why is Keef trying to make you out to be in love with this guy,lol? I can understand how you feel totally disgusted at his behaviors but feel some sympathy for him too and I believe you when you say you are not attracted to this guy- I wouldn't be either but I would definitely feel those humanitarian feelings you feel also.

I don't know- I say just try and talk positively to him and encourage him to seek some help for himself but if he is a total jerk and too far gone, then just try to avoid him and only deal with him on a professional level when you have to. If it gets too out of hand to even deal with him on a professional level, then have a serious talk with your boss about how you feel because you need to feel comfortable at work also.


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Sagi...NO NO NO!

Not pregnant pothead...I have been clean and sober 🙂 I do dream about martini's though. Mmmmm Good! I was just being silly...

Isn't it in the nature of employment for us to work with people we don't like sometimes? I know there a couple of women at my job whom I wasn't to crazy about. If his actions are affecting your job performance, I say go to the boss...otherwise just ignore his negativity. It's just a part of life.
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Yes, Gin makes you sin! 😛 That's the glory in a nice DRY gin martini! OK, here's plan, after the baby, we'll have a martini party and video tape the party! 😉 (OMG, regretville, did I just say that?) Who's coming?!!

Antibling, "escapism" is his favorite word. You defined it right there.

OBPisces, ya it's so gotta keep to as professional as possible. The chief aqua asked me what I thot of his work, and I told him. The problem is, he straightens out for a bit and then slowly back to his old ways. I agree, there's many amazing designers out there too, this guy is not that good that he's gotta stay. I'll probally end of collecting my shares and bolting out of here in a year or so. I'm kind of a crossroads in my career anyways. Just am figuring out the best way to go considering my knowledge, experience and talent. I hate regrets. Being a bull, I'll make a slow decision. 🙂
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I'm not saying that Ms. Goddess is in love with him or even like with him I'm just trying to tell her to have some empathy for this guy I'm sure theres more than what you see on the outside,this is true of all of us,compassion can go a long ways in the work place patience also. It doesn't interfere with productivity in fact having some understanding of your workmates may increase productivity. If he's harassing you then it iis time to go to the boss. If you just don't like him because he's himself and he's there,then it's your problem.

I'm glad I don't live in Branh's world.
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It does interfere with productivity. He can't concentrate on what he's doing half the time, and admits it. He paces around, stops working to talk with his hands, gets sidetracked constantly. I notice this and I ask him so many times a day, "what are you doing?!!" and he's like "i don't know, opps." and goes back to what he was working on 10 minutes ago and starts cursing away about something. Keef, the biggest thing to me really is the negativeness ALL day long. That's what gets me the most. Life is too short to be thinking that way or hearing things like that all day. YOu know they say a smile is contageous, well so is a frown. 😢
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"It does interfere with productivity. He can't concentrate on what he's doing half the time, and admits it. He paces around, stops working to talk with his hands, gets sidetracked constantly. I notice this and I ask him so many times a day, "what are you doing?!!" and he's like "i don't know, opps." and goes back to what he was working on 10 minutes ago and starts cursing away about something."

ups, this is so me! lol no really, i have quite a hard time concentrating on the matter at hand. but then again, i'm a genius, so, who fcuking cares, hehe...






"Yes, Gin makes you sin! That's the glory in a nice DRY gin martini! OK, here's plan, after the baby, we'll have a martini party and video tape the party! (OMG, regretville, did I just say that?) Who's coming?!!"


"*puts on coke bottle glasses,leans back with a dictionary,nose in the air,states*
Sin(sin)n.Offense against the laws of god;wickedness;a wicked act.
Sin(sin)vi.&vt.1To break the laws of god.2To trangress,do wrong.
Sin(sin)adv.,prep.,conj.,[Scot.]Then;from;since.
hehe"

you guys are funny and me just late... as usual. what else did i miss!?
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"... the time he spends at home, I'm pretty sure is spent getting high instead of sorting his head out.... not to hate on potheads too much,depending on your intake, but it's escapism, and pretty soon the comedown hits you like a f/u/c/k/i/n/g truck"

that's me, too. only i don't do drugs. i rather use other forms of escapism like watching tv, surfing the net etc. instead of sorting myself out.

would you guys now stop describing my bad sides... unless u know a cure—??
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2 sharks swimming in opposite directions; there's a light bulb over their heads """

I've been thinking about this TaurusGoddess get this guy to post on this sight,I want to talk to him. Come on,do it. I'm sure he'll be up for it.He wants attention lets see if we can give him our 2 cents worth everyone on here seems to have an opinion about him,lets to talk to him. Tell him your friends want to communicate with him.
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But I will have to say that we can't play super-hero's in other peoples lives so my thoughts are that he is a 'work-related' problem and my best suggestion would be to do something for yourself, find ways to help you cope with work and relax.

Ah! Invite him to Yoga! you know if you want to... probably not a good idea huh? 😛 Would it be a terrible idea to take a couple of shots when working with him... ?
Honestly, if you make fun of him and just kinda make him the butt of jokes I bet working with him would be so much fun... might be cruel though