AWKWARD WORK SITUATION..
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sorry in advance for being long winded here.
i feel like larry david...
at my job (in mortgage sales) each loan agent has a back up buddy who watches over your pipeline when you take time off. this is primarily in place because the sales managers do absolutely nothing. keep in mind that, with how busy we are, it's almost impossible to keep up with your own pipeline and generate new business let alone having to deal with issues on someone else's loans at the same time.
so when we switched teams recently i ended up getting stuck with a dude who is in the national guard and goes on active duty for 3 weeks at a time about every 5 months. i did not know this at the time. just my luck. you miss a few days and you're scrambling in this industry. most people don't miss more than a few days to a week. but he's a good dude. real nice guy. i'm just not tight with him. don't know him that well. you know certain people who you just don't mesh with well for whatever reason? this is the situation here. (basically he doesn't know a lot about sports so we have nothing to talk about
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after the first time he went away, he came back and was so grateful that i helped him with his loans. in all honesty, i did not do much. so busy with my own stuff. i'd get emails forwarded to me. voice mails forwarded to me. my manager asking me to call this guy or this lady for him. i get to it....but i am clearly in no hurry due to my work coming first (if the jeagler don't close loans, the jeagler don't get paid). but i eventually get to them. anyway, this dude said he was so happy that he was going to take me out to dinner or something. i'm like-- "no man. you do not have to do that (in my head i'm thinking of how awkward that dinner would be). trust me. don't worry about it. just take care of my shit when i'm gone and we're cool."
sooo he recently came back from his second stint with the national guard. this time, while he was gone, i was actually feeling guilty that i was doing the bare minimum on his files. again--i was super busy with my own shit. handling all his stuff right away would surely take away from my own business. so i would ignore the emails and voice mails for a bit, eventually getting to them later in the week or something. he ends up having a pretty good month anyway..........................well he comes back and gives me a f#cking $250 gift certificate to any one of stephen starr's restaurants. $250. these are some pretty awesome restaurants. expensive restaurants. but come on man....$250?? for what? ignoring your loan issues and procrastinating on them until the last possible moment??! i tried my best to refuse. we had like a 5 minute conversation with me trying as best i could to turn this down, but i couldn't...so i'm sitting at my desk feeling guilty as hell. i see him a little bit later and tell him i don't feel comfortable taking this and the only way i would is if i returned the favor if he watches over my files when i'm away for christmas/honeymoon coming up......
.and there it is. i don't know why i offered that but i did. i'm an idiot. this $250 gift quickly turned into a $250 expense for me in the near future. so now i'm out $250 bucks and i'm forced into having an awkward conversation with him every time i go to the printer (he sits right next to it) because i always feel like he's waiting for me to tell him about my glorious dinner that he paid for.
so that's it. that's my awkward work situation. for the record, i've made reservations at butcher and singer (one of the starr restaurants i have not been to yet) and am really looking forward to it
i feel like larry david...
at my job (in mortgage sales) each loan agent has a back up buddy who watches over your pipeline when you take time off. this is primarily in place because the sales managers do absolutely nothing. keep in mind that, with how busy we are, it's almost impossible to keep up with your own pipeline and generate new business let alone having to deal with issues on someone else's loans at the same time.
so when we switched teams recently i ended up getting stuck with a dude who is in the national guard and goes on active duty for 3 weeks at a time about every 5 months. i did not know this at the time. just my luck. you miss a few days and you're scrambling in this industry. most people don't miss more than a few days to a week. but he's a good dude. real nice guy. i'm just not tight with him. don't know him that well. you know certain people who you just don't mesh with well for whatever reason? this is the situation here. (basically he doesn't know a lot about sports so we have nothing to talk about
)after the first time he went away, he came back and was so grateful that i helped him with his loans. in all honesty, i did not do much. so busy with my own stuff. i'd get emails forwarded to me. voice mails forwarded to me. my manager asking me to call this guy or this lady for him. i get to it....but i am clearly in no hurry due to my work coming first (if the jeagler don't close loans, the jeagler don't get paid). but i eventually get to them. anyway, this dude said he was so happy that he was going to take me out to dinner or something. i'm like-- "no man. you do not have to do that (in my head i'm thinking of how awkward that dinner would be). trust me. don't worry about it. just take care of my shit when i'm gone and we're cool."
sooo he recently came back from his second stint with the national guard. this time, while he was gone, i was actually feeling guilty that i was doing the bare minimum on his files. again--i was super busy with my own shit. handling all his stuff right away would surely take away from my own business. so i would ignore the emails and voice mails for a bit, eventually getting to them later in the week or something. he ends up having a pretty good month anyway..........................well he comes back and gives me a f#cking $250 gift certificate to any one of stephen starr's restaurants. $250. these are some pretty awesome restaurants. expensive restaurants. but come on man....$250?? for what? ignoring your loan issues and procrastinating on them until the last possible moment??! i tried my best to refuse. we had like a 5 minute conversation with me trying as best i could to turn this down, but i couldn't...so i'm sitting at my desk feeling guilty as hell. i see him a little bit later and tell him i don't feel comfortable taking this and the only way i would is if i returned the favor if he watches over my files when i'm away for christmas/honeymoon coming up......
.and there it is. i don't know why i offered that but i did. i'm an idiot. this $250 gift quickly turned into a $250 expense for me in the near future. so now i'm out $250 bucks and i'm forced into having an awkward conversation with him every time i go to the printer (he sits right next to it) because i always feel like he's waiting for me to tell him about my glorious dinner that he paid for.
so that's it. that's my awkward work situation. for the record, i've made reservations at butcher and singer (one of the starr restaurants i have not been to yet) and am really looking forward to it
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And that's why the mortgage industry collapsed folks :geek:
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i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0
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Black Diamond wrote:And that's why the mortgage industry collapsed folks :geek:
hey it was a great year...up until a few weeks ago :x www.myspace.com0 -
does he get charged vacation days for this?i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0
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Damn Greeks :PThe Jeagler wrote:Black Diamond wrote:And that's why the mortgage industry collapsed folks :geek:
hey it was a great year...up until a few weeks ago :x 0 -
neilybabes86 wrote:does he get charged vacation days for this?
hmmm. i don't know.www.myspace.com0 -
The Jeagler wrote:neilybabes86 wrote:does he get charged vacation days for this?
hmmm. i don't know.
Probably not
We have guys in the military where I work and theyre not chargedMy drinking team has a hockey problem
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The Jeagler wrote:neilybabes86 wrote:does he get charged vacation days for this?
hmmm. i don't know.
i should hope so..that would really blow...its 3 extra weeks u have to coveri post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0 -
neilybabes86 wrote:The Jeagler wrote:neilybabes86 wrote:does he get charged vacation days for this?
hmmm. i don't know.
i should hope so..that would really blow...its 3 extra weeks u have to cover
we're straight commission anyway thoughwww.myspace.com0 -
The Jeagler wrote:neilybabes86 wrote:The Jeagler wrote:
hmmm. i don't know.
i should hope so..that would really blow...its 3 extra weeks u have to cover
we're straight commission anyway though
ya gotta point i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0 -
this sounds like a seinfeld episode...the jeagler is now the costanza0
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norm wrote:this sounds like a seinfeld episode...the jeagler is now the costanza
anyway i can renege on my offer? or am i out $250 bucks norm?www.myspace.com0 -
norm wrote:this sounds like a seinfeld episode...the jeagler is now the costanza
I don't know why the Jeagler doesn't just tell him you went and had a great meal at where ever, then give him his own card back as repayment. That way no one gets hurt and no one is out another ridiculous $250 for nothing.0 -
aNiMaL wrote:norm wrote:this sounds like a seinfeld episode...the jeagler is now the costanza
I don't know why the Jeagler doesn't just tell him you went and had a great meal at where ever, then give him his own card back as repayment. That way no one gets hurt and no one is out another ridiculous $250 for nothing.
......you regifter...0 -
The only 2 solutions here seem to be:
1. The Cosanza (née Jeagler) never takes another day off work
Or
B. This guy get called off to Afghanistan :shock:0 -
The Jeagles enjoying his mealoh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.0
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take him to the dinner
"we are in this together"0 -
You trying to get out of Mendy's?0
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i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......0
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