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She might have survived this if she had been a *courteous* douche.

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I was working at a company that despite being a multinational, had a very small staff due to its nature (very specialised medical field). This plus the constant staff absences from the office due to site and field trips meant that everyone, at all degrees of seniority, came and went from the head office, and "mucked in" and did whatever needed doing whenever they were there. Eventually however, it came to the point of needing a dedicated office person, for answering the phone, data entry, filing etc. So the specialists could focus more on the medical work, and a girl was hired. I was away consulting on a site set up when she started, and this is what happened when I came back and met her.

I got back in the morning, and wasn't planning on working immediately after such a long trip; instead I was planning on (as I usually did on a wednesday when I was in the city) picking up my 5 year old nephew from school and going to the park with him. We were going to drop off some papers and a case full of medical equipment at the office on the way. So I arrive at the office wearing jeans, with a child in tow. This is fairly unremarkable: our job schedule is non-standard and to accommodate this, drop-ins at all hours, in various states of sometimes casual dress are frequent.

Me: Hi. You must be <girls name> I'm... (she cuts me off)

Office Girl (OG): What do you want?

Me: Just dropping off the equipment case and some paperwork.

OG doesn't bother to reply, just shrugs toward the back when the case goes. I put the papers on the edge of the desk in order to wrangle the case into its cupboard.

OG: Don't put them there! They don't belong there!

Me: Where would you like them?

OG: where would I like them? They're nothing to do with me! Just get them out of my way!

Me: Takes a deep breath, remembers she has no way of knowing who I am, or my role with the company Actually these need to be entered in the computer, so should I just hand them to you or do you have an in tray?

OG: How about you do your work and stop trying to slough it onto me. And that child shouldn't be in here. (My nephew, who has been in the office many times, looks startled at this, and a bit upset.)

Me: I understand you were taking over in the office... (she cuts me off again)

OG: That's right. And as the manager, I need to tell you that in future you need to dress appropriately and do the work you're given.

Me: Another deep breath, tries to muster sympathy as shes new and possibly hasn't realised the jeans, and the child, aren't out of line for a quick drop-off. I summon a smile, for a final attempt at making the encounter more pleasant You know, I never finished introducing myself. I'm...

OG: (To my nephew) Don't touch anything. Just because your mother (she meant me) lets you get away with coming in here doesn't mean I will put up with it. In fact you can go and stand outside. (Nephew confused and distraught at this attack, and bursts into tears)

Me: Suddenly not giving a damn if shes new, and losing all sympathy and the smile no, I don't think so.

OG: If you don't like it you can take it up with the CEO. I'm a close personal friend as well as the manager here, and he's happy for me to run the office as I see fit.

Take it up with the CEO she says? Malicious compliance time. I know he will be in shortly, so I decide to wait and do just that. Soon he comes in the door:

Nephew: Daddy! (runs over and gets hugs)

CEO: (to me) Oh great you're back! Have you met OG yet? OG this is Dr <name that is part of the company name>, my business partner and sister. I hope you've been treating her well. He takes papers off me and hands them to her. Then he looks closer at his son. What's wrong kiddo? Has someone not been nice to you?

We didn't fire her, she just didn't show up the next day. Don't know what happened to her after that; she never contacted us for a reference.