Pity the Fool

Sometimes you come across a woman who is so unlikable, so objectionable that you just have to pity the fool who's involved with her.

I've had the misfortune of working with such a woman. For six miserable years, I and my co-workers endured her bad attitude and behaviours. The sad part was that management refused to do anything about this employee from the depths of hell--no doubt Satan had kicked her out from Hades.

On the surface, she seemed perfectly normal; that is, until you actually had to work with her. She was someone who could generate instant dislike--from both sexes. Some of her (lesser) qualities included insincerity, belittling of others, passive aggressiveness, bullying, backhanded compliments, her complete lack of awareness of the impact of her words and behaviours had on the people around her, and unwillingness (and possibly inability) to process feedback that was meant to be constructive to name but a few things.

I recall a colleague sharing with me what she had been asked by the Employee-from-Hell: How come nobody liked her?

Well, that wasn't entirely true as she had a boyfriend. And you just had to shake your head in disbelief that such a person actually had someone who found her appealing and would admit to being her boyfriend. Some things in life are just inexplicable and it just goes to show that love is blind as a bat and just as insane.

And what exactly was her job? Public Relations.

Go figure.