To Whom It May Concern

M&M's To Soothe The Savage Beast

My best friend's son is 3 years old. For whatever reason, from when he was a little older than 12 months, he began running and screaming whenever I would come to visit. Now, I know I'm one ugly dude, but honestly, I didn't think I was all that scary, you know?

Well, this past summer, I devised a plan to try and change that. I would bring M&M's over every time I would visit. I would stop by while making my lincoln delivery run, say "HELLO" and that I had M&M's and then after awhile he started showing his face, and running off. Then he would come and sheepishly get them, say thank you, and run off.

Finally he actually began looking forward to me coming by and dropping off those M&M's. He'd run out smiling and ask if I had brought him any. I suppose I'm locked into a $1 gift every time I go see my friend, but hell it's worth it. Besides, if I have feel the need to make a career change, I'm well on my way to becoming a powerful lobbyist!!

I spent the night at my buddy's place on Saturday night, and his kid was glued to me pretty much the entire night till he went to bed. I had to keep making him a monster truck on GTA San Andreas so he could drive it around. Nothing like a screaming 3 year old driving a monster truck around on a video game, it was crazy haha.

In other news, I haven't talked much about work, I might as well lay out my plans. I'm going to quit during the first week of April. I would put in my two weeks now and do anything, even telemarketing, because of how bad it has gotten there, but I need to make it to April so I can use my vacation time to go see belly graduate from boot camp, then the day I get back, new job on the line or not, I'm putting in my two weeks (it is likely I'll have another job in line by then though).

We have had this guy working there for about 3 months now, his name is Ryan. Oh, and this is his real name, not that he would find this journal, but even if he does, I really don't give a fuck. He was one of those guys that, when he was hired, you look at sort of funny and think 'hmm, this guy is interesting' but not in a good way. About a week after he started, belly had parked her truck in front of the building to pick me up, blocking one of the doors. Obviously she wouldn't know that she was blocking the door, and Ryan says "who is that bitch, is she stupid or something?"

One of the other guys I work with says "Hey man, that's his girlfriend (referring to me) and that is not cool at all" Ryan apologizes and I just told him to be more careful when just winging out insults at people he doesn't know. Yah, well, there is some advice he certainly has not taken.

He has damn near gotten into fights with 4 different people, and no one likes him. He is always sent out to take one of the morning runs, and one of the afternoon runs, because the manager can't stand him and doesn't want him around. Ryan is a pessimistic, lethargic, ignorant 'know it all'. There is no topic that he leaves alone, if you bring up a conversation with anyone else in the building, and he is within earshot, he will be sure to tell you that 1) you are wrong, and 2) bring up the most depressingly irritating reasons for why you are wrong, without any substantiating evidence to prove his point.

His mouth is constantly writing checks that his ass can't cash. He argues with customers during deliveries. He's anything BUT a team player. Twice I have gotten into arguments with him, he does not respect anyone, goes out of his way to make sure everyone knows his opinion about seniority, that there is 'no such thing' and that regardless of if he has only worked there a short time, we are 'all equals on the same team.'

Whatever bozo, sure, we are a team, you are the water boy, bottom of the totem pole, and the shit jobs are the jobs the new guy does. Of course, he fails to see it that way, and whenever he's stuck doing something he doesn't like, he ends up doing shoddy work at best and at worst, vindictive things that actually hurt productivity and create more problems for everyone.

Allegedly, the assistant manager said that he likes having Ryan around because Ryan "stirs things up" and that it's a good thing because "angry people work harder". I find this really hard to believe, and if it's true, it's just another example of the complete ignorance I deal with on a daily basis at this company. Everytime I think I've reached my limit, there is another variable added to an already completely fucked up equation to further exasperate me.

Making it till April is now going to be the most arduous task. I really don't know if I CAN make it. To be honest, had Friday been my last day, I would have introduced Ryan's face to the concrete floor of that warehouse and not blinked an eye about it, that's how fired up I was about his attitude, lack of respect, and professionalism. I may still end up kicking his idiot ass before too long.

Well, hopefully I can make it thru, that's all I'm going to really say.