I wrote a long thing that nobody needs to read:) I just needed to vent but advice would be very welcome and appreciated
I work as a groundskeeper for almost 7 years now
It was a way to take a break from people and customer service/food service.
I don’t mind a little office talk but I’m not fond of it either. New supervisor has come in very gung ho and has requested morning office chats to outline what I’ll do that day etc. Spoiler alert: the answer is always “pick up trash”
I could deal with that. He is insufferably dumb and long winded and it’s impossible to sneak past him during the day to just do my damn job without him repeated the same dumb bullshit mixed with details about his personal life I don’t care about and he doesn’t seem to take my cues for wanting to end the “conversation”. Today he scheduled two ‘meetings’ for literally nothing except for he wants tons of communication. I even finally worked up the nerve to say “well I have had some health stuff and depression stuff going on honestly and it doesn’t make me feel very chatty” to which his response was strangely“I know” but he said it in a way that I really don’t think he even heard what I said and yammered on about how he’s always available on his phone. That talk was easily 45 minutes.
He’s taking away the only part of my job I really like and I hate it. I have very seriously toyed with the idea of over sharing to make him uncomfortable- like maybe talk about how bad my cramps have been or something
It sucks because he is nice and he’s so dumb that I don’t think he’s being malicious. Just making my time at work excruciating including striking up end of day conversations that drain on into my personal time and more notable fucking me over yesterday due his childlike fixation on keeping the garage door opener to himself at all times so I have to get ahold of him or talk to him just to put my golf cart away. Yesterday he did it again but wasn’t nearby so I had to run around the property and climb over a bunch of stuff only to be thwarted again by him leaving a stove where I should park. I was so fed up, I just left it out and took the key…which resulted in multiple phone calls and calling my boss about it as well and blaming me for his dumb misstep.
I don’t know what to do anymore except be a jerk to him or just find a new job but I’ve been here a long time now and I don’t want to lose my healthcare options.
Any tips would be appreciated but mostly I just needed to vent how much I can’t stand this dude. If he wants work buddies, he’s barking up the wrong tree and also alienating the tree to the point of hatred.
Thanks! Have a great day!