I was wrong
He's not a snake... he's a CLOWN. Yeah, a clown.

I had it wrong this whole time. Instead of the zoo, he belongs in a circus with those crazy antics of his. I'm still laughing. Seriously.

I got an email from him today, and in a nutshell, he stole one of my ideas. He didn't admit that it was my idea, but his description of his "plan" was verbatim what I told him three weeks ago. He was so blatant about it that I couldn't help but laugh. He told me that he'd met with the execs and they liked his idea and now he needed me to put it into action.

The thing is? We were supposed to meet TOGETHER with the division executive about it next week so I could explain what I'd put together. I replied with, "Oh, I guess we won't be meeting with the division executive then about this since you seem to have wrapped this up. Here's where we'll put the information." I then sent him the link to the site I had already made in preparation for this meeting.

He replied that it looks like we're thinking EXACTLY ALIKE! This is EXACTLY what he had in mind. KEWL!

I responded with, "That's not really a surprise since it was the idea I told you about almost a month ago". (Yeah. That felt good.)

His reply? "Great! Looks like I understood then!".

Yeaaaahhhhhh. Riggggghhhhhht.

All I could do is laugh. I kept bursting out in (hysterical) laughter with occasional muttering of swear words for the next hour or so. I'm surprised the men in the white coats didn't show up.

Just to cover my behind, I sent the email with an explanation of what had occurred to my manager. I told him that I'm done being pissy about this. And I am.

Don't ask me why, but I just don't care about this anymore. The snake/clown is a fool. He thinks we should meet with the division exec together so "we" can explain the mechanics of how it'll work. Ummmm, good luck dude. I think I'll just sit back and enjoy the show.

I'll also enjoy this margarita I have in my hand right now. !hic!

Cheers!

RisibleGirl was blabbing on about another adventure on 06/14 at 05:49 PM
  

kyknoord wrote:

You are to be commended on your remarkable restraint. I would have been pulling together the threads of a Machiavellian revenge plot by now.


  

E wrote:

You show great restraint. I would have sooo smacked him with something hard and sharp by now.


  

janie wrote:

One classy gal, you are. I know the feeling of having your own creativity spit back at you by somebody else of "lesser" integrity. My boss used to do it on a regular basis!


  

Mia wrote:

Good for you for handling that situation with such grace. I am not sure I would have even talked to him again after stealing an idea of mine.


  

FTS wrote:

Where is Risible and what have you done with her?


  

Jennifer wrote:

Some people aren't worth the price of paying to replace their big red rubber honking nose, if you know what I mean. Good for you, girlfriend.


  

Phyllis wrote:

Nope, let him hang himself. The like of that usually do.
Also had a co-worker who would blatently steal ideas, not just from me, but from everyone. Turns out there was nothing malicious about it. He was just, in a word, stupid. My proof? I once called him an empty suit to his face and he got a genuinely puzzled look on his face and asked "What's that?" When I said, "My point exactly.", he wandered off scratching his head.

P.S. I immediately felt like dirt, because my remark, while true, was neither appropriate or professional.


  

ComfortAddict wrote:

Unless you want to lose your job, anger with such a selfish bastard will do no good. You did the right thing (speaking from experience with lots of credit and visibility grabber bosses who are even worse than colleagues).

If you're feeling especially malevolent, you could try the poison pill approach (a la "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying"). Come up with a specious idea that Mr. Potato Head can't see through and watch him crash and burn presenting it to the bosses. It would be just your luck, though, if, in that case, the idea mainlined back to you.

All in all, bide your time and live for schadenfreude.


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