trials owns Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Yo all, ssoo started a new job, Training to strip cars. The bloke that is meant to be teaching/showing me is a complete jerk! Gets in a pissy when i ask him anything, Never shows me how its done, Gets pissed of when i cant do something, Always likes to think he is right etc etc the list goes on! So how do you put up with the pricks at work? Any tips to make it more bearable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showurcolours Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Confront him about it Tell him that his behaviour is bothering you and after all you're supposed to be learning from him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradJohnson Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Confront him about it Tell him that his behaviour is bothering you and after all you're supposed to be learning from him This! Also it helps to have a bubbly personality, be humorous about things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Anyone above him to talk to? Someone else you could get moved beneath so they could be your mentor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rejoinder Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Also it helps to have a bubbly personality, Isn't that the socially accepted term for 'being fat'? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Uh oh. Showurcolours won't like thatttttt 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 shit in his pack up box 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showurcolours Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Anyone above him to talk to? Someone else you could get moved beneath so they could be your mentor? I'd try this after talking to him, otherwise you might get a reputation for being someone who can't sort his own problems, shys away from them, or a bit of a backstabber. Definitely talk to him first, then if no changes, then go higher than him. Will always look better to management if you say you've tried talking to him about it first, least that's my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Cheers for the tips lads Wont be able to get anyone else training me except him, The boss knows i Dont like the way he does things and has had "words" with him but no use im afraid, One of them pricks that wont change for the world. I guess when im trained it isn't gonna be as bad without the question asking etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny00135 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just ask him what he's rather, you ask no questions and end up doing a crappy job, getting his name tainted given he's training you Or you ask questions, do an excellent job and have him praised for doing a good job training you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I will have a word when he gets pissy again, To be fair he can strip cars proper quick and he has been there donkeys years. So if i do a crap job the blames gonna be on me for not learning effectly, I feel as its only a small business cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 There's the answer, he's been there that long he'll be one of the old school militant types who wont change anything. Our place is full of them. Tell him to stop being a miserable old b*****d, worked with my mentor. He's been here 33 years now and I can do the job he trained me on better than him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 When all else fails, punch him in the bumall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Wank into his tuna sandwich. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Do you work in a chop shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Yeah pretty much haha weirdly he was pretty sound today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsiain Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 maybe hes on the forum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 I know the sort of people you're talking about. They can be fine one day then one thing will set them off. Not the ideal friend candidate eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Yup, one minute you get along fine then a warn later and you get texts and facebook posts telling you to f**k off 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) When I was a kid this was called character building...Man up and take it. Getting a bit of lip off your senior is nothing, within the first 6 months of my first job in the motor trade my boss had put a fork lift through my car, set fire to my laptop and eaten 6 months worth of my packed lunches. Edited March 11, 2013 by Pashley26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 And turn into Jardo! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 When I was a kid this was called character building...Man up and take it.Getting a bit of lip off your senior is nothing, within the first 6 months of my first job in the motor trade my boss had put a fork lift through my car, set fire to my laptop and eaten 6 months worth of my packed lunches.Your boss was a b*****d. Doesn't mean that anyone else has to be stupid enough to put up with it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Your boss was a b*****d. Doesn't mean that anyone else has to be stupid enough to put up with it. He turned me from a wimpy little shit that moaned about everything into a thick skinned mofo who hasn't taken offense to anything in over four years. My old boss was and still is a very good friend of mine. He's one of the kindest and most charitable people I have ever met. He wouldn't have treated me the way he did if it wasn't for my own good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Yeah, you sure turned out alright! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 He turned me from a wimpy little shit that moaned about everything into... ... someone that still moans about everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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