JL21 wrote:I can't compete with the potential active shooters, although I can say that my office is well-versed on the policy of what to do and what not to do in those situations. It's just the nature of working in higher ed.
My "weirdness at work" scenario is that I've recently started reporting to a new person- an employee who's been here less than a year. This person does not understand how things work in my office, and I'm almost positive he doesn't give a [expletive]. This is because as far as he's concerned, it's his way or the highway. He's also one of those kinds of people who knows just enough to be dangerous- just enough to think they don't need to know any more and that they can dictate policy. And if you don't follow along, he's also such a [expletive] drama whore that he'll make it an issue instead of talking it out like human beings.
In the last year, I've taken on several new responsibilities. This dude I work for doesn't really understand what I do, nor does he understand my employer's policies, but today he asked me to directly violate those policies. And even without the specific policy he asked me to violate, what he asked me to do is unethical. So now I'm in this horrible position where I'm clearly going to ignore something that I was asked to do, all because the [expletive] guy didn't take 5 minutes to learn how things work. But I'm still not going to do what he asked me to do.
I'm sure things will eventually calm down but I'm pretty [expletive] angry right now about the guy.
Kudos for taking the ethical road. Others wouldn't be as strong.
