Riley from Monroe sent me an email asking if I could blog about bad people other than Republicans for a change. He particularly likes it when I talk about hobags in Vegas, but I don’t have any hobags stories to tell lately. Anyway, Riley is having nightmares about neocons and needs to know that there are other bad people out there, other than Republicans. “It just makes the world seem too left and right, I need something a little ambidextrous,” Riley wrote. Well Riley from Monroe, I’m happy to oblige. I’ll tell the story of Chickpea, an Independent.
Chickpea is not his real name, that’s what his employees call him behind his back. He’s the type of boss who takes credit for his employees work, leaves early every day, takes two hour lunches, cruises the internet for four hours while his team is doing his work and, pits employees against each other by spreading false information.
Recently, one of his top employees wrote a very lengthy dissertation about employee compensation, using citations that date back to the Roman times, and evoking Keynesian economics. It took her days to write. Maybe weeks. Chickpea presented this presentation to the executive ranks of the company during a quarterly strategy meeting. Someone in the meeting commented on how well-written it was, and Chickpea thanked him, as if he had written it. He never mentioned the employee’s contribution, and now that employee has decided to look for a new job. Chickpea doesn’t know this, nor will anyone on his team ever tell him.
In fact, Chicpea doesn’t know that every member of this team is looking for a job One day soon, Chickpea’s team will have 100% turnover. This is what happens to Independents. They end up alone. People resent them for not taking responsibility, or for taking responsibility for things they didn’t do.
Sleep tight, Riley. And don’t’ forget, in November, vote for a Democrat.
