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So you are setting at the shop and it is Sunday afternoon you are doing some testing and calculating..By the way this was a couple hour project..when your boss comes by (not the owner ) just back from vacation..walks right on by and does not even say Hi even after being greeted..then calls you at home and says we need to talk..monday morning (today) does not even say hi and accuses you of stealing and not with words..then says that is the way it appeared to Him..before I was even given the opportunity to explain to him what I was up to..Now tell me how should a person feel..he walks right by does not even ask what I am up to just judges me..I know I am still livid even after working out in the gym for an hour and half..but how should I feel when your boss disrespects you like that..Just for the record I am the physical plant supervisor and the construction manager..
 
That's a bummer. You didn't happen to take a ladder and a cell phone from them, did you? :D

Anyway, I can't say how I'd react because I haven't been in that situation. I'd tell the guy if he thought there was a problem he should've stopped and asked you exactly what was going on. Its wrong to automatically assume you were up to something you shouldn't have been.
 
I was at first now I am just livid..

Edited I was so mad I just waled away and did not talk to him the rest of the day..

Edited: I left message on what he wanted to do with the dump truck after talking with shop..I am still the professional and will do my Job..But we are now at war in my opinon
 
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brantmacga said:
That's a bummer. You didn't happen to take a ladder and a cell phone from them, did you? :D

Anyway, I can't say how I'd react because I haven't been in that situation. I'd tell the guy if he thought there was a problem he should've stopped and asked you exactly what was going on. Its wrong to automatically assume you were up to something you shouldn't have been.
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I did ask why he did not stop and talk to me..did not answer my question..
 
cschmid said:
I did ask why he did not stop and talk to me..did not answer my question..
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Maybe he's out for your head. Would it be appropriate to go above him and resolve this with his boss? I don't really know the ins-and-outs of the chain-of-command system. Anyway, you may want to diffuse this before he starts running his mouth to the higher-ups.
 
76nemo said:
Thief, as in stealing design and layout?
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That I like when it comes to that he is clueless..The design and layout are all mine..he is penny pincher and pain in a..

I am going to the president with this..But neverrrrr go mad always cool down big boss does not care about petty feelings he wants the facts and how to reach a conclusion..
 
brantmacga said:
Maybe he's out for your head. Would it be appropriate to go above him and resolve this with his boss? I don't really know the ins-and-outs of the chain-of-command system. Anyway, you may want to diffuse this before he starts running his mouth to the higher-ups.
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With a snake like that there is little he can do, It must be awfull having to work in that snake pit, any chance of finding a job with a good company. Just my opinion, but any company that lets someone like that hold a management position, is asleep at the stick.
 
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I would probably react about the same as you. I would be fuming as well. I would have to have some cooling off time to collect my thoughts so I could separate my emotional response from my intellectual response.

Find something distracting to do: bowling, go to a movie, go to the mall, watch a favorite movie, etc (no alcohol allowed). You may not enjoy the activity, but it will help to clear your head.
 
mivey said:
I would probably react about the same as you. I would be fuming as well. I would have to have some cooling off time to collect my thoughts so I could separate my emotional response from my intellectual response.

Find something distracting to do: bowling, go to a movie, go to the mall, watch a favorite movie, etc (no alcohol allowed). You may not enjoy the activity, but it will help to clear your head.
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LMAO no alcohol now I am dis appointed..I am polishing up my resume as we chat..I am cooling down and planing my meeting..

I do understand how he is under allot of pressure with the finances..I have five projects in the next months totaling some where around 60 grand..plus me everyday expenses like putting out fires due to lack of proper maintenace..he is under staffed and over budget..Yet it does not give him the right to act like that regardless..

So how do we come to terms or a satisfactory solution..I am working that now in my mind..I want time to find a new Job or for him too..Yet I have been able to deal with this yahooooo..:D ..I need time I guess after 8 1/2 years it might be time to move on..But at same time if you and your spouse have a fight you don't cut and run..So I am very professional and I must keep my professionalism at the front because that is how I feed my family..

Edited thanks for letting me rant..But I am sure others have had experiences like this how did you guys reach a solution..
 
I would put the whole incident in writing to present to whoever is the higher up. Just say you need an explanation. There may be other factors that did set your boss off but in the end you should get an apology. Being at odds with someone you have to work with everyday would be a burden. You don't have to love the guy by any means but there has got to be mutual respect. Just my stupid opinion. Ed
 
Many eons ago I was a Warehouse Forman for a hospital in Boston (MGH), and one day I was walking out, turned around locked the door, set the alarm, then turned back around and started down the ramp to hop on my bike and go home for the day. First in, last out - key man type stuff.... So as I'm walking down a see a couple of cases of hypo needles stuffed beside the dumpster. Normally there would be boxes (flattened) down there - but these looked full! And I did a double take to them.... So I walked over - picked them up - they were full! So I took them up the ramp - opened the door back up, walked in - put the boxes down got on the phone and called the alarm company, and was dialing my boss... WHEN - Then the manager of the shuttles for the hospital walks in and proclaims he "is calling the COPS to report this theft" by ME! Because he was hiding in a truck waiting to see who was going to pick them up, and he felt that 'I must have seen him - got scared and went to put them back....' Took weeks of the FBI, local cops, hospital security and everyone backing me up to get clear of that - few months later a thief was found..... (In another equally serious incident) No thefts prior to him working there - and none after. But that Shuttle Manager never got it out of his head that I was the guy who stashed those needles out there.... Could not convince him otherwise. I was friends with his nephew, and sub-sequently his sister - for years before, and years afterward. I left a year later and went in to the Marines in 1990, and he probably still to this day may think that I was the thief????

My point is that sometimes fact gets blurred by feeling and you may never live it down with this guy. Regaurdless of the facts. Even if you were giving 110% being in the shop on a Sunday - in his head you were clearing it out. My advise would be to remain professional through this trial of character.
 
Three words: document, document, document. (OK, really only one.) Even if all you do is stuff it in an envelope, write it all down as factually as possible (what project you were working on, when you arrived, what you did, etc). When push comes do shove, drag it out.
 
Go right to the top of the food chain and air your dispute. Dont waste your time with underlings. If you are innocent this is bs and the supervisor needs his wings clipped a little. Go right to the top and expain your story and disgust this is your only chance or you will be tortured for the rest of your career and it would be better to confront the supervisor right on the spot where he cant conjure up a bs story to cover his ass. Strike quickly and convincingly at your displeasurewith this wonton arrogance. Keep the resume handy though If you want to make an omlette you have to break a few eggs.
 
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