Anyone else remember Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series? If not, here is a typical quote:
“My capacity for happiness,’ he added, ‘you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.”
I have been reminded of Marvin by this miserable old git, N, I have had the displeasure of working beside for the past six weeks or so. Not only do I have to sit near this guy and listen to him moaning and bitching all day but he is responsible for one part of the project I am managing. You can imagine how well he responds to any "constructive feedback" I have to give him on his work (which I am going to have to sign off on eventually). I have had such a gutful of this guy. Not only is he a misery-guts but he is also nasty and verbally aggressive at times (which Marvin was not). He gets away with all this because "it's just the way N is". Wish we could just take his batteries out and let him run down. I'm sick of him spreading his negativity like its a contagious disease.
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