Bosses

While not common, there are a handful of Disaster Junkies who are on our team. Disaster Junkies go from one disaster scene to another to tell the locals how to save their cities. They have an attitude that pisses off all the locals.

The new division lead, Bob, is a bit of a disaster junkie. He told a co-worker, Steven, that he saved Sarajevo, which is the same arrogant attitude that he brings to this job.

I have not interacted with him at all so I don’t have strong opinions, but most of my friends dislike him so I am inclined to dislike him.

A different colleague, Joaquin, (a ‘local hire’ who heard the “I saved Sarajevo story” second hand) was talking to Bob. He mentioned that he had been living in Bosnia for five years. Looking to needle him, Joaquin said, “I hear Sarajevo is in bad shape, that it is not coming back.” But Bob, either slicker or naturally obnoxious, responded, “Yeah, it is like Biloxi, it will never be the same.”


I should also say a quick sentence about my boss. The last I wrote was how he only found out that he would be the team lead the night before he started. He has done a good job so far. He is supportive and a strategic thinker. The reality is that he spends most of his time protecting us from the upper bosses, like Bob, but I will go into that more in a later entry.