I was invited to a Microsoft Teams meeting with my manager at very short notice.
Upon joining the meeting, in his usual smug/false tone, my manager says 'Hiya, OP. How are you doing, mate? Is everything alright, my man?'
To which I reply 'No.'
There is a 5 second silence. I don't think he was expecting an honest answer.
He then says 'Aw, no. Well, I'm sorry to hear that, buddy. Are you having a bad day, pal?'
To which I reply 'No. No more than usual, anyway. Every day is a bad day. I am really stressed out and I don't know what to do.'
There is another 5 second silence. Again, I don't think he was expecting an honest answer.
He then says 'Anyway, the reason why I've invited you to this meeting is…'
I was just sat there, stunned. He completely ignored what I had said. I was thinking to myself 'Why the fuck are you asking when you clearly don't care?'
I fucking hate this guy. He is literally the worst manager I've had since I started working here.