vito update
It was basically a showdown that happened today.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/showdown
"An event, especially a confrontation, that forces an issue to a conclusion"
I forced everyone to take sides (with me or against me) by declaring to everyone the problem. In the weekend I told my boss and his boss (small-time bosses). They talked with each other and then she talked to him.
The "travis case" was born:
Travis is getting "harassed". It must not continue. Is travis an idiot, crazy or what? But, if travis is no idiot, and he says vito is an idiot, then what do we think of vito?
It did not go all my way, but since I am used to going against the current, the fact that it didn't all go against me was a pleasant surprise.
My boss and his boss took my complaint seriously and talked to him about it and to others (my boss told me he really wants this thing to stop), they made my problem a serious problem, they made it their problem, and they took me seriously.
No matter how obsessive-compulsive I may be (probably not much at all - it's just an act, I mean my order is necessary, it's not like I wash my hands 50 times a day or stuff like that) and fixated on orderliness, my hard work and seriousness has paid off (which is what got me in trouble with vito in the first place) and they took me seriously. Their reaction is like telling me "what you say matters to us". They could have said: you don't have a proof against vito, so we're not taking this any further. But they didn't: they called him up - even though they said it's unlikely that it's him, but he may know who it is (I know it's him, all alone) - and they told him "this must stop".
No big deal, but a small satisfaction for me.
Also Vito's reaction today was good - not that he's good because he's an idiot, but I got the right reaction, in my quest to shape the chimp's behaviour from clown to serious employee. He didn't speak to me, but he was quiet, respectful (shut the door after he left, asked for permission to open window, then later asked for permission to close it).
My point is "yes, I may be exaggerated in my orderliness but we're at the workplace and I demand respect and I demand that I am left alone and that people let me work in peace".
Anyway, my strengths throughout this ordeal are two:
1) I've trained several chimps I've met before at this office. Chimps who were treating me like crap at the start, and eventually were buying me chocolates as a sign of respect.
2) There is nothing these jerks here can do to me that hasn't been done to me in highschool, where I've had a lot more damage done to my property and where I've had to put up with a lot more ganging up. I mean I am ready to face a school where only 5% is on my side. Here it's more like: the bosses are on my side and at least half of the employees are on my side. And on top of it, I am supposed to work, so I am right. One more thing: no physical violence allowed, so I am not afraid of getting beaten up. Basically I cannot lose.
You see, I want to work hard and yes, that is unusual here. I help others. I don't bother anyone. I don't care how many people I have to fight and how much resistance I have to meet to get my right to work respected. I have the right to work at work. I have the right to not be bothered while I work. No one can mess with my stuff because they don't like my workaholic attitude and because I don't talk bull**** during the day. I can't lose this thing.
But the surprising thing will probably be, with vito as with other chimps in the past, that, even after I reported him to the management, since I am so right and so fair, he will still try to be my friend. And, as usual, I will accept, never forgetting what a chimp he is.
Like with building my systems, I will win because I don't give up. I start something rarely, but if I start is because I think I have the resources to bring it to the end and accomplish the task.
I am not quick, I am not strong, I am not violent... but I am persistent. And as a consequence I will not be turned into a clown by this clown, but I will turn this clown into a serious employee. Because I am right and because I am more persistent. And my nazi dictatorship will win over his anarchy.