I QUIT!!!!!!

Free at last!!  Free at last!!

(I had wanted to use Martin Luther’s famous line, but I didn’t want to dishonor him by using it. ) 

I QUIT!!  I finally had had enough today and I quit!!  For the past few months, the place I was working at has been going through some rough changes.  The assistant director that used to work there was fired.  And even though it wasn’t my job, I was somehow shanghaid into taking over.  Truth of the matter is, it’s not rocket science.  Running the place is easy, so long as you have good management skills and are consistant.  So I was still able to teach, while “helping out” in running the place.

But the thing is.  That business is already on it’s last leg.  With a director that is way over his head, and a BIATCH of a second in command who has absolutely zero interpersonal skills, the company is dying, and dying fast.  But let me start from the beginning.

So I get an email from this BIATCH awhile back.  It was a bit cryptic, so I wrote back needing some clarification.  It turns out the boss was getting ready to fire the assitant director of the branch I was teaching at, but the assitant director (AD) had no idea yet.  I was told of this because the BIATCH wanted the place to run smoothly when the transaction was made, and so required my help.  Since I had only recently signed on, and not having made any connections with anyone, I went along.  I kept my mouth shut, allowed the firing to occur, and then helped out as best as I could to get the place up and running.

Piece of cake.  Having graduated from college, chiropractic school, and medical school, running a half-assed “business” like this was nothing major.  It was a learn-as-you-go type of deal for me.  It was good for the first few days, and then the BIATCH started to mark her territory.  She wasn’t content with just ruling the other branch, she had already had her eyes set on this branch as well.  So as soon as the AD was fired, in came the BIATCH, making changes like she owned the place.

 Now I wouldn’t have minded, since it’s neither my business nor was I planning on staying there long.  I was just there to teach, collect my check, and go.  Yet as the days went by, I was laden with more and more responsibility.  It came to the point where I was like an interim-AD, but without either the benefits nor the pay.  REALLY annoyed the hell out of me, but I didn’t mind the hours and the office is close by to where I live.  So I kept my mouth shut and bided my time.

The thing is.  This BIATCH has no idea how to get along with others.  The students complained about her, the parents did too, the instructors have threatened to leave, and the staff try to avoid her as much as possible.  It got to the point where the staff at one branch will call the other branch to let them know the BIATCH has left the building and was heading towards the other location.  So yes, it was a real cat-and-mouse situation here.  But without the fun.

So why did I quit today?

Well, I’m the kind of person who gives second chances.  And second chances, and even more second chances.  If I feel that you are actually trying and that for the sake of ie. work, fellow coworkers, dynamics, etc.  I will look the other way and just let it go.  But when I feel that I am being disrespected or being taken advantage of, I will say something and will do something about it.

 Come on people.  I have TWO DOCTORATE degrees!!!!  This BIATCH has a Masters in Education from Canada!!  Like OOOOHHH  I am so scared!!!!!  WTF!!!  I’m too much of a gentleman to have called her on it, but there have been many times when I would have just liked to stuff it back into her face!!

Anyways, she treats people like dirt.  The staff are like her slaves.  She goes around complaining no one understands her and she she acts like she is the biggest martyr in the world.  Oh yeah, she’s very good at taking credit, even if she had nothing to do with it.  But if there’s blame to be portioned out, she’ll blame everyone else but her.  She takes no responsibility for her actions whatsoever.  Even when you have proof she had done it, she still won’t own up.

I’ve tried many ways of trying to get her to see what she’s doing/done.  One time, I wrote an email in the same tone that she uses on us.  She got royally upset.  So I succeeded in that aspect, but she didn’t understand that I was using the same formula that she was using on us.  She just thought I was being rude to her.  So what does she do?  She runs to the boss.  So I ended up talking to the guy, but he understood exactly what I was doing.  He actually agreed with me, yet he still sided with her.  What a pu$$y!!

And today I had had enough.

There was something wrong with the scheduling.  The two of them have decided to start up another class, and the two of them were going to be the instructors.  But because it was so new and the class hours so late in the day, some of the parents wanted to reschedule.  Now I don’t have the power to reschedule a class.  I can ask if there will be one, but I can’t create one.  Why would I want to?  It doesn’t concern me, right?  But I was at the wrong place at the wrong time.  So the BIATCH wanted me to reschedule the class (as documented).  That was a few weeks ago, and after how many changes (without me being made aware of), they somehow had forgotten the reason for the origional change in class.  So I am at work today, and the boss asked me about the make-up class.  I told him exactly how and why it had occurred.  The BIATCH had the nerve to say that she had nothing to do with it, and that I had no right in saying that she was the one who had decided on the make-up class.  Now if it wasn’t the boss, and it wasn’t her, then who?  Let’s see, there are only 2 instructors, and they are the 2 instructors.  The class decisions are made by those 2.  So I wonder WHO could have made the changes?  Hmmmmm???  The Fairy Godmother maybe??

So I was pissed when she wouldn’t take responsibility.  I was being blamed for something I didn’t do, I shouldn’t have been involved with in the first place, and the boss was going to take her side.  Why was I still there?  I kept asking myself that as I went back to my desk.  What a fool I was.  There was absolutely no need for me to take this type of crap from her or from anyone.  Let those 2 figure things out.  Let the staff deal with them.  This was not what I had signed up for origionally, and I was most definitely not being paid more.  So why was I still there?

So when the boss came by to say he was leaving, I told him simply “So am I”.  Wow!!  It felt great.  I truly felt this burden ease off my shoulders.  But you know what annoyed me then?  He didn’t say “Oh, don’t leave, we can work something out.”  A pay raise would have been great.  An “I know it wasn’t you” would have been golden.  Rebuking her and making her own up to her mistake would have been priceless.  But no.  All he said was “could you work a few more days until I could find someone to replace you?”  WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  So I said “no”.  I should have said “hell no!!!!!!”

But I was being very professional and mature.  For the rest of the day, I tidied up any loose ends.  I finished my teaching, and I packed up.  When that BIATCH came by and slammed down a note that said “final schedule”, I tossed it aside and told her she can do it herself because I quit.  Hah!!  The look on her face.  She said “you need to tell the boss” and I said “I already did”.   Double Hah!!  In your face!!

It was awesome!!!!!

If I never hear another “you need to…” from that BIATCH again, I would be in heaven.  Listen BIATCH, I don’t “need to do” anything.  You can shove it up yours for all I care.  I’ve given you an inch, you’ve taken a mile.  I looked the other way, and you come back with more.  I’m done, I’m through.  You and that whimpy ass boss can just suck it for all I care. Let’s see just how long this business will last.  Not that I care, but I will definintely be there when it closes.  You’ll know it’s me becuase I’ll be the one cheering!!

 I QUIT!!!!  BIATCH!!!!!!