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[SatoAilDarko]

You know I don't think what you're doing is good but I always have had a certain respect for people who are just open with being an asshole and can tell others.

Respect.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

- co-worker transfers to different department (which I had wished was going to happen to me)
- lucy is now way over her head and can't do basic functions of her job in that new department
- constantly sends me emails asking if i can come over and help her and teach her how to do her job
- I go one time, and then the next day she asks me again to help go over more shit and help her. I say "yeah, no problem, be there in a sec!"
- i am busy enough handling my own department, and i really don't want to cover her because I deserved that job over her and she got it, evidently.
- I go to my supervisor and say "hey lucy keeps asking me to go over and help her with stuff, i don't want to go, her job is not my concern, i'm busy enough. but if you'd like, i'll go there"
- I do this knowing that this would make my supervisor furious and my supervisor specifically tells me not to waste my time and to never go there.
- later on I run into lucy and she asks me "hey where you been? i really need you to set up this spreadsheet for me" i go "sorry my supervisor said i can't go, she caught me going over to your department and told me to go back"

- lucy is mad af lmaooooo, curses up a storm saying she's going to complain and curse out my supervisor.

hopefully she follows through and gets fired and I swoop in taking her place.

weren't you the jackass that had a friend ask you for $2,000 dollars because he was broke and you told him to pick up beer on the way to your house making him think you were going to lend him the money?

Why not the space inbetween the cunt and the asshole?

isn't that the taint?

Calling unpleasant people 'twats' does a disservice to the ladyparts.

it's not exactly great for man parts too.

 

[Blargonaut]

How romantic~ ❤

 

[mackattk]

I am with you OP. You are just brave enough to come out in the open and say something that thousands of others are thinking already. Her work is not your concern, just keep kicking ass at the job you have now and hopefully you will be able to get that promotion that you deserved.

All of this is assuming that you made it known that you wanted to switch departments. If you didn't make that clear with the supervisors/management, then you had no chance of getting that job either way.

 

[Gustav]

Never forget, OP: Upper Management/CEOs are more likely to be psychopaths.

 

[E92 M3]

Gotta do what you gotta do to further your career. In this world, you're either stepping on stones or are the stepping stones.

 

[Dude Abides]

You're probably just not as good at the job as you think you are.

 

[CapitalismSucks DonkeyBalls]

i'm 23, she's 28.

the only thing she has over me at our job is experience. She has been at the place for over 4 years while I have been for about 11 months.

You haven't even been there a year, have less experience than this woman, and you think you already deserve a promotion? Are you fucking serious, bro?

 

[sixteen-bit]

So through context clues I gather Lucy is the co-worker from the first bullet point

 

[Foggy]

I don't know about bad or jealous, but you definitely come across as petty and spiteful. First post even reads like a chance to gloat rather than introspection. Pretty gross, bro.

 

[no angel]

Possibly not jealous but absolutely definitely bitter as fuck. Petty too.

 

[Cindres]

"It is not enough to succeed: others must fail" - Gore Vidal

FAKE EDIT: On a quick search apparently this has also been attributed to David Merrick and François de La Rochefoucauld.

 

[LouisaFerre]

If you were just refusing to help her so you could get your own work done instead, that'd be fine. Actively hoping for or setting her up to fail is pretty disgusting, though.

 

[Various Artists]

Yeah, I think it makes you a bit of a jerk.

 

[FrakkinFordy]

Just think OP, if you had continued to help her out then perhaps right now, yes right now, you might be getting some of that sweet lucy lovin.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Isn't she gonna say to the supervisor
"OP said you forbade him from helping!?"
And the supervisor will say
"What? No, he came in hear in a fuss and refused to help you."
And then you'll seem like a duplicitous, unhelpful, liar?

 

[adamsappel]

You went with the first image result? Your point would have been better made with a Gore Vidal image (he is the most commonly attributed with this quote).

Alternatively, go with

"If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs" Murray Gell-Mann

 

[KHarvey16]

Honestly I find it pretty childish to agree to help someone out and then complain about it afterward. Either do or don't, and I don't think you should, but don't agree to and then piss and moan after you do it.

 

[BPoole]

Nope, Darwinism in the work place is nothing to be ashamed of

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Honestly I find it pretty childish to agree to help someone out and then complain about it afterward. Either do or don't, and I don't think you should, but don't agree to and then piss and moan after you do it.

What if he really wanted to help her but at some point she is acting for help every day? I mean helping someone once in a while at work is okay, but if the really depend on you you might wonder if they are even suitable for that position...

 

[ZehDon]

Nope, Darwinism in the work place is nothing to be ashamed of

I don't think you understand the term. Darwinism is where a more adaptable species survives changing conditions. It's not a bear dressing as a penguin to lure penguins into it's totally-legit cave, where it's then brandishes a chainsaw with a homicidal laugh before moving in for the kill. This "Darwinism" bullshit is a piss-poor excuse to be an ass-clown. OP isn't partaking in survival of the fittest - they're kinda being a gooch.

Honestly I find it pretty childish to agree to help someone out and then complain about it afterward. Either do or don't, and I don't think you should, but don't agree to and then piss and moan after you do it.

Perfectly put.

 

[KHarvey16]

What if he really wanted to help her but at some point she is acting for help every day? I mean helping someone once in a while at work is okay, but if the really depend on you you might wonder if they are even suitable for that position...

If you don't want to help you put your grown up pants on and say no.

 

[Randam]

How did she get that job?

 

[TheDanger]

How did she get that job?

She hot OP? Maybe she fucks the supervisor.

 

[uncblue]

I'm with you OP other than wishing for her to fail and ratting to your boss. Every person for themselves. I got tired of helping others out and then watching them take the credit for the work. Focus on doing your job to the best you can and the laws of business should work out.

 

[Mastadon]

Can't wait until Lucy gets the other, more senior, position that the OP talked her in to applying for, finds out that OP is being a bit a dick and then fires him.

 

[phillipgessert]

Doesn't make you a bad person, but I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't hurt her much. Heck in many companies, depending on how the conversations went down, she could get some kudos for showing leadership.

 

[Llyranor]

completely professional. i feel like i shouldn't have mentioned her gender, to avoid stuff like this.

Well, you sound very professional, anyway

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Don't listen to the haters, Zog. You're fine.

I've seen people upset incompetent people have gotten promoted ahead of them. Just try not to be so bitter about it lol

 

[TheOohChild]

If it was me and I could manage it, I would have just helped her. I help people all the time at work, and then I just always get copied on emails to my superiors with people saying how awesome I am.

 

[Stet]

I respect someone who has the ability to ask for help more than someone who backbites because they think they know everything.

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

Sounds like she has great delegation skills

 

[RionaaM]

Meh I think you did the right thing tbh, if she isn't qualified for the job you shouldn't have to waste your time helping her.

Then he can do exactly that. Not help her. There's no need to create a conflict where there is none. Trying to make her fail is just the final nail in the coffin of OP's badness and jealousness.

 

[PAULINK]

Good work op, watch them fall.

 

[BPoole]

I don't think you understand the term. Darwinism is where a more adaptable species survives changing conditions. It's not a bear dressing as a penguin to lure penguins into it's totally-legit cave, where it's then brandishes a chainsaw with a homicidal laugh before moving in for the kill. This "Darwinism" bullshit is a piss-poor excuse to be an ass-clown. OP isn't partaking in survival of the fittest - they're kinda being a gooch.


Perfectly put.

I meant it as far as "survival of the fittest" thing goes. If his coworker is incompetent and can't handle the new position, complains to the supervisor that she is not getting help, and is then fired, she was obviously not the most fit for the position. After that happens, OP can't swoop in and get the job for himself.

 

[ronito]

I know you think you're being clever with this sorta stuff and that it will get you ahead. And to a certain extent it will. But once you get to a certain point people will see through your bullshit and down will come baby. Cradle and all.

 

[TheGamer]

I'm just going to sit back and watch this unfold

Haha.

 

[NoctisVsStar]

Karma... That's all I'll say.

 

[Thorakai]

All you needed to do was just not show up in the first place, or just stop after you realized it was a nuisance. No need for the petty, passive aggressive actions of talking to your boss. You either go to his office and tell him straight up you are the better man for the job or just sit back and work at your department as usual. Don't do the in-between stuff you are doing.

 

[hydragonwarrior]

Wait, why couldn't you apply for the promotion yourself? Before she applied for it I mean

 

[Vicetrailia]

OP must not believe in Karma. It may not hit you at work, but it will somewhere.

I don't think you need to put in the effort to crush her just for personal gain.

 

[Kelpie]

I think most people have been passed over for something they really want at some point. I found out yesterday that I'm expected to train my new supervisor next week. It sucks but whatever, you keep plugging away until it's your turn. Sometimes helping other people be successful makes you look good too. But this part here:

- I go to my supervisor and say "hey lucy keeps asking me to go over and help her with stuff, i don't want to go, her job is not my concern, i'm busy enough. but if you'd like, i'll go there"
- I do this knowing that this would make my supervisor furious and my supervisor specifically tells me not to waste my time and to never go there.
- later on I run into lucy and she asks me "hey where you been? i really need you to set up this spreadsheet for me" i go "sorry my supervisor said i can't go, she caught me going over to your department and told me to go back"

is a lie that could backfire if your supervisor and Lucy start comparing notes. You should have been up front with Lucy and told her that YOU didn't want to help any more. If your supervisor figures out what's really going on it could make you look unprofessional.

 

[The_Hitcher89]

Sounds like she has great delegation skills

She was getting her job done, not only without lifting a finger herself, but without even taking the time out of the day of the people working under her so they could get on with their jobs.

Fucking genius, I say

 

[CTE]

If she does talk to the supervisor. The supervisor will just say that you volunteered the info and asked if you should go over and that she didn't catch you going over randomly. Then they both hate you.

Too late now, though...

 

[TheOMan]

Be honest: Are you really getting her back for always pulling away the football at the last second?

Took me a second.

also there is an opening for a promotion (in that department) and I told her she should definitely apply. trying to set her up to fail

You'll be upset when it ends up succeeding, she gets access to all employee web traffic and she sees what you've been up to. Don't say I didn't warn you.

I'm just going to sit back and watch this unfold

I have to admit, I would probably watch this show if it were on TV.

 

[Zoe]

You went with the first image result? Your point would have been better made with a Gore Vidal image (he is the most commonly attributed with this quote).

Alternatively, go with

The Asian nerd makes it funny or something like that.

 

[SkeptiMism]

If I may ask, did you ever try to imply to this woman that maybe she could do her own job for once? That can be done nicely too. Or better yet, encourage her that she's capable of it if she's insecure.

If she's just asking for help that would be the proper thing to do at least. If she's trying to boss you around, then.. well it's still the proper thing to do though she's not being nice.

 

[Jarate]

Are you an asshole

Probably, but while everyone can sit on a hogh horse and say otherwise, I think most people wouldve done the same shit if they were in this position.

Being an asshole is sometimes a necessary endeavor. I dont think it should be rewarded, but sometimes, being an ass is the easiest way to solve an issue

 

[Tom_Cody]

Oh lord.

 

[Byakuya769]

Be honest: Are you really getting her back for always pulling away the football at the last second?

I'm crying here.

OP, really petty move.