@Bill Branstetter I remember in 2012 I started a new job in warehouse as an order filler picking cigarettes. I was walking with my manager pulling the loading dock plates up and several got stuck. I told him these plates were stuck and he told me “if you want new dock plates, you’ll have to work somewhere else”.

Another time I told him my forklift was sparking. He walked over to it mad and started to fiddle with it. When he did, a fountain of sparks just came gushing out at him. He was trapped between a wall of cigarettes and the forklift so he couldn’t get out. I was standing at a distance because I understood the severity of the situation, but I guess he managed to move the wire that was making it spark.

I was humored by the incident because his neglect for safety caught up with him. He also got that company fined a quarter million dollars for safety violations.

I wouldn’t say he was quirky, but had a very old school mentality that liked to chain smoke. People like that refuse to change with the time and will drag a company down.

My last lead, Richard, used the phrase, “that’s what she said” or “that’s what he said” all the time! A lot of times inappropriately even! I wasn’t a fan of that adolescent behavior. Now, I can kid and joke all day long, but when it becomes gross or nasty, that’s not ok. Not at work. I should have reported him. 🤔

I once worked in a French company where the owner was completely out of the box, not caring at all for the typical corporate mindset and wording. He used many bad words in his relations with other team leads and providers. He was also a super fast thinker, and I got along great with him, he was my kind of person and we had become partners. His foul language never hit me as something really that wrong because it wasnt truly vulgar and I cant stand the corporate mindset either but one day I saw the f word in a marketing email sent to thousands of existing customers.. even for me that was too much..

The craziest thing though is that only 1 customer complained about it...