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Workmates, Do You Have Them?

Of the many personalities that differentiate one person to the other, there are few that stand out and that leave a trademark in every place of this planet.


The most common place to spot these personalities is the workplace. Whether you are assigned at the production area, at the admin office, or at the utility force, you surely can distinguish dominant characters. Let’s try to list them down.
The Feeling Boss
He considers himself next to the boss. He can be the secretary or the assistant. He might have the right to act like a boss but he overly displays his authority that people around him are suffocating. Deadlines? He can make you work like hell to hit it. Just like the role of the vice president, the feeling boss waits until the boss dies so he can take the place.

Krusty Krab Fan
He can be your ordinary work mate, I mean your fellow cube mate. He is neither a friend nor a foe because he is driven and motivated by selfish intentions that he is willing to push and pull you so your goal of climbing the corporate ladder will be far possible.
Always Turn Right 
His famous lines? We should do this, do that. This is the right thing to do. Need I say more?
Loud and Proud
She is loud and she is proud of that. She delivers the news, makes the news, and distorts the news. She can make you believe that the boss and a certain workmate has an affair. She  can make  you think that the people in the admin are against the rank and file employees. At the end of the day when the boss passes by, she just bows her head.


Punch in - punch out
Routine people. They never dare climb the corporate ladder. They settle on what’s just available for them. Kick them out of the company, nothing’s going to happen. Keep them in the company still nothing’s going to happen.
Nodders
They are those who just literally nod. Nod at the new policy, nod at the new assignment, and nod at the new uniform. And when you ask them to join the worker’s union, hahahaha count them in.
These are just few of those characters. I am pretty sure I will be updating this post if I can discover more. I just have to sit on this swivel chair and turn on my radar.
photos are not mine; just got them from google (wink)
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