V22 N5 P1

I was having some problems with the spray gun at work and it brought back another memory about that obnoxious manager we've been talking about, and the idiots he would hire. I had kept telling the boss how great a spray gun was, and it would be really beneficial to have one on the dish machine. After a month he finally gave in and a plumber came in and sat up a nice unit that had a spring on it attached to the wall that would keep it out of the way until you needed it. I was really delighted with it, and everybody was amazed how much easier it made the work. I went home that night, came in the next morning, and found the spring that held up the spray gun had been ripped out of the wall, the pipe that fed the spray gun had been ripped off the faucet, and the whole assembly had been thrown in the corner! I had to get under the dish machine and turn off the vaulves to stop the steady run of water. The morning cook informed me that the night manager had told him that Bill, one of the nighttime dishwashers, had ripped the spray gun out and screamed that the damned stupid thing was in his way, and it was not to be put back. Not withstanding, I was pretty irritated!
When the boss came in I showed him the damage. He just stood there with his mouth hanging open, nodding. About an hour later the plumber reappeared and the system was reinstalled. Nothing could be saved. A whole new system had to be put in.
When Bill came in that afternoon, the boss informed him his services were no longer required. He had cost the restaurant $150, that he could take his bad temper elsewhere!
"I have a right to decide what's in my work area!" Bill screamed.
"You use whatever's in your work area," the boss answered, "and you shut up!"
The manager was off for two days for some reason. So it was a couple days later that he came charging through the back door and up to the dish machine.
"Why do you have to change everything?" he screamed. "Why can't you leave anything alone? We didn't need this piece of junk! It wasn't necessary! Just because you want something doesn't mean that other people do! "
"You got a problem," I told him, "go talk to the boss! Otherwise than that, I don't wanna hear it!"
"I won't tolerate that attitude!" the manager screamed! "When I say something to you you will listen!"
"No I won't!" I told him, and went back to work.
The manager begged the boss to hire Bill back. "He's got a wife and kids," the manager complained, "he needs the job!"
"I don't need somebody," the boss answered, "that's bad tempered and destroys my equipment! No more discussion! He's gone!"
Sometimes you really wonder about people, you really do! You really wonder how they ever managed to survive as long as they did!
I have met far too many people who would've been excellent candidates for The Darwin Award! Unfortunately most of them had already produced several children!