Bitch, unsolicited
It never ceases to amaze me how often people offer their opinions when they are not asked for. Why is it such a common occurrence for people to interject their opinions? If someone does not care enough to ask for the opinion, then why would someone believe that the person cares enough to have said opinion dumped on them?
It seems I run into such unsolicited opinions often lately, especially among the people I work with (work, for lack of a better word). About two months ago, ‘Moron’ decided to tell me she thought of me as "a pain in the ass" because of my attention to technical details. Today, another situation of "Bitch, unsolicted" arose from a joking conversation with RJ and Migit while Migit and I were talking at the back of the store …
RJ: are we having a meeting?
Me: yeah, we’re just plotting out the overthrow of the store
RJ: overthrow? you can have it, just give us some money
Me: oh yeah, I’ll just win the lottery, buy the store, keep you, CJ, Migit … well, you and CJ. [group laughs, smack on arm from Migit … RJ leaves]
Dimwit: you know Shadow, you wouldn’t insult me by firing me if you were the boss. If you were the boss, I’d quit because you’d be a terrible boss.
It is seriously beyond me as to why Dimwit would think I care whether or not she thinks I’d be a terrible boss. I have received comments from numerous random customers who think I should be a manager, and even have had the same comments from CJ and RJ (the current retailers) … I guess expectations of attention to detail, effort, fairness, and tasks being done rather than sitting on one’s ass reading the newspapers we’re supposed to be selling to customers would make me a ‘terrible boss’ … excuse me while I roll my eyes.
When I give enough of a rat’s ass to be concerned with Dimwit’s opinions of my leadership ability, I will seek the opinion openly … of course, I have no desire to entertain the unsolicted opinion of someone who was so stupid as to say to me that ‘music school is where sissies go when they don’t want a real job after college’