Have an alcoholic at work, I'm his supervisor. He's really good at what he does, he just can't string enough days together. He also thinks he's the most important person in this world (sound familiar? Does to me). Anyways, after missing a lot of days, fender bender, then covid, then high BP, then his wife is ill... I really had had enough. But before I could call him and tell him to come get his.tools, he calls me.
He proceeds to tell me he was.doing me a favor by working at this site, but now I must pay consequences, that he's leaving and I won't have his talents anymore, that I'm stuck with the 2 other finishers who aren't on his level. He feels I let him down by telling him to stop barking orders (when he's actually at work), that I betrayed him.
He cussed, said somethings and then tells.me he wants me to transfer him to another job site. Literally said "yeah, I'm done, send me to the job in North Houston".
Told him we were done talking, he could come in and get his tools, he never showed. When my superintendent asked why? I told him the guy's an alcoholic, so his weekend started today and he'll be here next Tuesday or Wednesday, then he'll think he'll start his new job the week after, because going straight to the new job would be too much, a burden.
Of course, there's no.new job, you can't talk to people the way he did and think we'll just transfer you to another job site.
Wish I could talk to him, but in his alcoholic mind, I'm the worst person (unless he wants his job back). Reminds me when I was drunk and the old man who got me sober laughed and said "Patrick, wouldn't it be great if everyone just listened to you? Did what you told them to do?"
I plan to tell him when he hits rock-bottom, to call me, ill help him out.
You know who picks up a phone and cusses out his supervisor and thinks he'll keep his job? An alcoholic, that's who.