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At this junction she has come to the conclusion that it's a special sort of crazy that would lie about something so easily checked as Boston and IM and, given that, her resume is probably fraught with lies.
She is also worried about the thought processes of someone that would claim to have participated in such high level and easily verified races. And who, upon being questioned, would hold so steadfastly to the lie.
After fretting for 24 hours and drafting a letter to be sent to her superiors about her severe misgivings over Kimby, she asks to meet with her supervisor.
And they meet.
And Duder's experiences aren't even half of it: the claims on Kimby's resume range from epic to outlandish and hilarious.
Her boss is on her side.
Duder feels immeasurable relief and tucks away the letter that she and R drafted regarding Duder's feelings about working with a veritable psychopath.
Unfortunately, Duder has noticed Kimby's disgruntled overtures towards her as Kimby doesn't, apparently, like to be called on her shit. And, as Kimby seems to think that stating that she fared rather spectacularly in rather elite endeavors without having to actually back it up is a normal human process, Duder's a little leery about the mental stability of her coworker.
At this junction, Duder is starting to realize that the thought processes that Kimby goes through are not at all similar to most sane people's. And she starts to envision Kimby encountering her in the confined, concrete constraints of their work stairwell, and "having a nasty fall".
Touchingly, Duder's boss's boss (who has never paid her any great affection) comes over to reassure that she's not batshit crazy. She encourages her to take her weekend and to come back for 2.5 days and then to go and enjoy her vacation and that everything will be taken care of when she returns.
She, herself returns moments later, as she was going to leave early, and asks if she wants her to stay with Duder until Kimby leaves.
Duder's rather astounded and overwhelmed with the consideration lauded upon her.
Funnily, one of Duder's nightmares growing up (besides the onset of WWII: seriously) was to be in a position where she had to convince someone that something grave was afoot, and yet they wouldn't give her any credence.
And so, here was Duder: overwrought and anticipatory; expecting to be abandoned, to not be taken seriously; to have this chalked up as a "running thing"; anxious and reluctant to express her thoughts, only to be reassured that she's not crazy, and that action will be taken, and is she okay?
Kimby's not gone yet, but the immeasurable relief for me was the back up from both my supervisor and her boss.
I've castigated them in the past, but they came through for me 100% today and it's been nice, to put it modestly.
EGO!!!! Makes you wonder how neglected she was as a child or maybe she had helicopter parents, who knows. So this vivid imagination thing, could that be the reason she's with a TEMP service and not with permanent employment somewhere? I know how relieved you are that you aren't the only one that sees these issues in her, otherwise you'd think you were the one with the vivid imagination going on.
ReplyDeleteChecking stats on marathons is so easy, I can even do it and I don't know a thing about it!!! I once Googled - Houston Marathon, because a co-worker ran in a marathon down there. I didn't even know the official name of the marathon. I found Nikki's results because I knew her name, but I also found that the hubby's long lost best friend from 35 years ago also ran in that race. What are the chances there are 2 guys in the world named Fred G and they both reside in a town of 1500 in South Texas? Very slim chances, he's the only one... We hadn't heard from him in like 30 years!
Yeah, this chick is just a big bowl of wrong. I hope she's gone when I get back from the East Coast, but I'd just love to see her reaction when they call her on her lies. Not that they will, though. They'll be polite and not want to send her disgruntled out into the world. Which is good, cause I don't want to get shot.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but doesn't a part of you want to just call her out? Why don't you invite her to go running with you guys. Hell make it easy on her and tell her she can ride a bike while you run along beside her. I agree with you, when someone trains to do something like Boston and then completes it, they damn sure don't forget their time. Even Nikki will tell everyone when she has to pull out of a race because of an injury or she has stomach cramps. I read this to Jody and he shouted "LIARRRRR" like the old lady in The Princess Bride.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, a part of me absolutely wants to call her out. But as Michael's admonished me: people like this don't operate the way you and I do. I'm worried she'll see me as the chick that cost her her job (and hopefully I will be that chick) and she'll come at me like a spider monkey or something.
DeleteMaybe I should start buying up Boston Marathon shirts on ebay and wearing them around. My time will be 4:11, I have decided.
ReplyDelete4:20 would be funnier.
DeleteKimby is one big bag 'o' crazy lies.
ReplyDeleteAnd anyway, her Boston Marathon run can't compare to that time I rescued a litter of kittens from a 700 km/hr pyroclastic flow of hot ashy death. Or the time I did K2. Or all the other cool things I did that I don't really remember and will have to check my files for.
You know how it is, at some point you just build up so many accomplishments, it's hard to remember them all. ;-)
Hells yeah: did you see me on TV tonight? I was Luongo's backup. I hope Schneider gets better PDQ because I'm playing in the Masters this weekend, too.
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