A Weird Coupla Weeks at Work

A metric ton of weirdess here at work…

One – Last week, I met with a man at Lockheed about classes for his career development, and after the initial stuff was handled, I asked this ex-Marine in his mid-50s if there was anything else he needed from me. He replied, “Well, there is something I would like, but if I ask you for it, it would definitely be an ethics violation, so I’ll just say ‘No.’”

Creepy.

Two – Last week, I one of our consultants to teach a Change class to a group of hostile people because their management thought a Change class would be good.

Okay, this organization went from being a “life is a party” Research and Development organization to Manufacturing (How many lenses have you built!?? How many lenses have you built!?? How many lenses have you built!??) And did the management tell us that this big upheaval happened before they threw us in there like meat to starving lions? No.
And it’s a class on “How to deal with change.” From the head office. Yeah, that doesn’t look planned… Ooo, that makes for a RECEPTIVE audience, doesn’t it!?!?

Three – We had a two hour meeting last Thursday with eight people who were up to speed and another who didn’t know shit and played “Caveman Lawyer” the entire meeting, asking stupid questions. And when I suggested this woman may want to spend some time on the side with one of us learning about what we were talking about, I sounded snarky as hell, and she got pissed. Which I understand. Except she cannot understand how her basic questions were wasting everyone else’s time!

Four - Finally, today in a Self-Motivation class I had this young guy who wanted to know how the class was going to help him escape the corporate culture, start his own business, and make himself a millionaire before he was thirty. He was young, and clueless, and kind of a smarmy asshole. But the weird thing: he kept pinching his nipples during class! ???

Well, I guess that’s one form of self-motivation.