Dilbert Lost His Fucking Mind

Dilbert lost his fucking mind today. He has been acting like a total ass the past couple of weeks but he got way out of hand today. The incident was bad enough for me to file a grievance with our union. Here is what I submitted (of course the real names have been changed):

On Monday, June 12, 2006 I was scheduled to attend a 10 AM crew meeting. About 15 minutes before the meeting was to begin, Dilbert left his desk turning over a stackline to Ms. S. About 5 minutes before 10 AM, Ms. S was looking for someone to monitor the bridge while she left her desk for a few minutes. She tried to turn the stackline over to me, but realized I was to attend this 10 o’clock meeting. She gave it over to another co-worker instead. I received a call from the ACD line and proceeded to handle the call. A different co-worker informed me that it was time to attend the meeting. She realized I was tied up on the phone, so she left me behind. At the same time, the co-worker that was monitoring the bridge, sent me a ‘q’ message asking me what the stackline was for. Ms. S failed to explain to her why she was monitoring the stackline. A few minutes later, while I was still on the phone and answering my co-worker’s question on the ‘q’, Dilbert came yelling down the aisle stating that 10 o’clock meant 10 o’clock and we needed to attend the meeting NOW. He was very unprofessional and rude. It turned out another co-worker scheduled to attend the meeting was also tied up on a call as well. Taking offense to his behavior, I responded that I was on the phone and he never starts his meetings on time. He responded that it did not matter and I needed to be in there NOW. When he walked away, several individuals in my crew commented on his behavior and stated that he had no right to speak to me or my co-worker that way. When I finally made it into the meeting, Dilbert never apologized for his behavior and had began the meeting without me.

Incidents like this make for a very hostile work environment. Our crew is constantly reminded of disciplinary actions to be taken if we do not thoroughly and correctly handle the job tasks assigned. Dilbert reminds us that we are a high profile crew and we cannot afford to make unnecessary mistakes. Being yelled at while I am trying to do my job is not a help to prevent such mistakes from occuring.

And they wonder why so many people are going out on stress? We have let entirely too much go by with regards to Dilbert's behavior and business practices. Enough is enough.

I sent an email to his boss requesting a meeting with him for our entire crew. He has yet to respond. Just another thing to add to the list of ridiculous within my job!