Ever work with a crazy person?

[progmom]

I mean someone you are certain has some serious, untreated mental illness?

It can be a very interesting experience.

[Cannikin]

1. I thought they were all crazy, but it turned out to be me.

:P

[progmom]

3. i'm not ruling that out either

:P

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. I live with one

Isn't that enough?

[progmom]

4. yes

your life wouldn't be classified as boring. :hug:

[Not_Giving_Up]

5. Never a dull moment!

It's not just a life, it's an adventure!

[librarycard]

6. Yes, also functionally illiterate but still wielded a position of power

for years. People were afraid of her so chose not to cross her, even though she was of equal rank though of a higher appointed status. Made me realize how easily people could be willing to lose their integrity and simply follow along obediently.

[progmom]

7. wow - that's tough.

has that situation been resolved?

[librarycard]

12. Yes, and I helped

I was the only one to have "crossed" her in the past. What I discovered was that sheeple would prefer one person to do all the work/take all the risks while they reap the benefits. Once I stopped giving a damn, it created a vaccuum for others to decide they were fed up and couldn't take anymore, opening the door for someone else to go out on a limb. I offered my services behind the scenes as the newbies were neophytes in the system and could have (and almost did) screw it up. The nightmare is now over. The insane person put up a hell of a fight but only ended up "outing" herself as an insane person in the end.

[graywarrior]

8. Yes. I had to leave the job because of him

He was completely out of his mind, a bi-polar, controlling, manipultive bastard who cornered older women and forced them to either quit, lose their tempers and get fired or emotionally fall apart.

[hickman1937]

9. I work in a factory.

I've been in a lockdown situation twice because of a stabbing and an attemped shooting. Worked near one guy that came in and built a cardboard house around his work station every day because the gov't was probing his mind. To name a few.

[1gobluedem]

10. HA!

You're asking ME? How about eight to ten?

[progmom]

16. yeah - i thought you might pick up on what i was saying

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

17. Absolutely!

Especially after I saw a mention of you-know-who in your request thread. Was she worse that usual today?

[progmom]

19. no, not with me

though i did hear a very loud and emotional discussion coming from the studio. couldn't make out the words and i didn't really want to. :scared:

[1gobluedem]

23. With who? Matt?

I believe there is some jealousy at play there.

Coming to the Townie Party on Monday?

[progmom]

24. Nick is sitting in.

And yeah - I will be at the townie party. :D

I just asked Nick...he said it was a very emotional and over-the-top discussion about...taking vacation time. :crazy:

[1gobluedem]

26. Oh, right....

She's afraid she's going to miss something because of Art Fair. She acted as though I was going to beat her senseless when she told me she couldn't be there; makes it harder martyr about working harder than anyone else.

I was actually relieved. :-)

See you at the Townie Party -- I am going to go explore LA now. Or some of it.

[progmom]

27. have fun!

:hi:

see you monday!

[LaurenG]

11. Well does living under the rule of the neo con in charge count?

If so...

[Spinzonner]

13. No, but some people who've worked with me have

[SmileyBoy]

14. This poor guy has.

[Tallison]

15. Yes, and personality disorders are a lot more subtle and insidious

than are MIs with psychosis potential, like schizophrenia and manic-depression. I've worked with a lot of borderlines, which are not uncommon in the general population, and...They. Are. Exasperating. Everyone has at least one borderline in their lives, whether they realize it or not.

[sundog]

18. it's me

i'm the crazy one

trust me one this :P

[progmom]

21. i trust you completely

on this. :P

[Coventina]

20. Yes. And it was VERY unpleasant.

I eventually quit.

Not strictly because of her. But it was one factor.

[UncleSepp]

22. Yes, a person with unfortunate delusions

This person believed that sick powder was being dropped on their head secretly through the air conditioning ducts. To my then boss's credit, he suggested telecommuting, which let this poor person work for at least a while longer.

[hfojvt]

25. it depends

is a$$holitis a mental illness?
Are they sick or just a$$holes?

The head of our department or division has a plaque in his office that says "you do not have to be crazy to work here, but it helps".

[Misunderestimator]

28. Yes, and it's no fun at all.

[jmm]

29. Doesn't every job have at least one?

After my freshman year in college I was asked to stay at my job and even offered a promotion but I refused and left because of a guy named Tom. He started working with me at the beginning of the spring semester. One day while I was talking to a coworker about rice he walked up to us and introduced himself by saying, "I love rice. My girlfriend is Puerto Rican and she cooks the best rice but she hasn't cooked it for me in a long time because she used so much crack she's in a mental hospital." For once in my life I was speechless. As the semester went on he only got more bizarre. Part of me still feels sorry for him but he should've been fired. I was told straight out by some of my bosses that they wanted to fire him but were afraid to because he might sue them or go postal.

[salin]

30. yeppers... when I lived in.... (wait for it)

Michigan! But she worked/lived in Detroit - in a different field... (I would ponder... is it something in the water? But I would guess it is more likely something on the roads... Michiganders and highways are the wildest drivers I have ever lived around... j/k - but still the point had to be made ;-) )

After awhile, sadly, it got so difficult for me - that friends commented that my whole attitude and demeanor was starting to shift (to become much more snide and snippy) - the coping mechanisms left me rather tense and a tad 'dark' (in terms of being much more negative than normal). It can be a hard thing to live through on a near daily basis.

Sorry you have to deal with this.

[swag]

31. Yeah, a few of them. The bi-polar one was most interesting before

she was diagnosed. Every afternoon she would skid into horrible paranoia, come to me to find out who was reading her email, begin her fanatical rants about how she was "surrounded by filthy, filthy people." Once our boss found a doctor for her who prescribed the right meds, though, the psychosis calmed down and her life took off.

The other woman almost destroyed an entire organization with her machinations before the milquetoasts decided to stand up to her and jettison her into a richly deserved oblivion. I have no idea what was wrong with that psycho-bitch, but she was quite certifiably psychotic and I hope I never see her or anybody like her again.

Experience working with psychotics makes you grateful for the plain old everyday narcissists and sociopaths in your life.

[MrSandman]

32. That's kinda sorta my job...

Well, kinda since I am trying to treat them.;-)

[no name no slogan]

33. That was me until fairly recently

And if you think it's interesting as a "well" person, try it out as a whacko! :crazy:

[CanuckAmok]

34. Up until a few years ago, in Canada...

...Juvenile offenders who were close to 18 were given the opportunity to join the Armed Forces and stay in for four years, instead of being sentenced to RS or prison.

The idea was to give them some discipline, structure, and a crack at learning a trade. It seemed to work for most of them, but there were a few I met who probably would have been far better treated in a mental hospital. I knew one guy who, in retrospect, was certainly mid-level autistic... although I doubt there was much time spent on his diagnosis at the time. He was a loose cannon... really, really crazy.