"WHERE THE H*** HAVE YOU BEEN?!"

[JERRY C]

"WHERE THE H*** HAVE YOU BEEN?!"

(ALL CAPS, TO ILLUSTRATE VOLUME AND INTENSITY)

today, at about 2:30 pm, D, our temp, set-up boss, barged into our breakroom and confronted me with this question (WTHHYB), in front of a couple of my co-workers.  (normally, D is a co-worker; today temp boss)  we leave at 3:25 walking to the gate to leave.

(D had called me at the pulpmill control room 15 minutes after lunch, and chided me then about "eating all the icecream up there" (wrong) and demanded that I come down to the shop and begin cleaning it up.)

a bit miffed, I smiled and responded, " well, let's see ... Texas, Alabama, Michigan ..."

"No, I mean since 12:30..."

I did not look up from the crossword puzzle and said, "uh, earth?"  (wrong answer!)

at that point, D huffed and left slamming the door.

everyone just looked at me and grinned, asking, "what now..."

I responded, "I am not going to play that game... it was disrespectful, unprofessional, degrading ... he singled out me and tried to embarrass me ..."

next, I wrote D an email and maybe he read it before he left at 3:30.

"where have you been?"

after a while the nonsense gets old.
I am not the most energetic crewmember, nor the youngest.

mumbling comments, that can be denied or laughed off, have been heard, but ignored.

joking is ok, but often humor hides motives and meaning that is thinly veiled.

you and I could have a great relationship, sharing several things in common, most importantly, the Lord.
you may well be our next boss, and I would just as soon get along with you.
politeness and respect will go a long ways.

but,

from the time that you called me to 5S, until your insulting question at 2pm I did the following -

returned rigging to toolroom that was strewn in the shop
returned two handtrucks to the toolroom
returned borrowed tools to the toolroom
cleaned out back of k. mule
put up personal tools
...

maybe a few more things that are slipping my memory.

my friend, I am on your side.
I did not BCC this to anybody here.

if you think we need to talk, then just let me know.

what would you do tomorrow morning?  I will check back before bedtime.

[IStillHaventFound...]

It does sound like he confronted you in an inappropriate manner but the question that comes to mind for me is "Were you doing your best at work?" It sort of sounds like you were slacking a bit. Working hard is a good testimony for your faith.

[Don58]

Lord examine me, Lord help me to examine myself, am I a good example of a child of God ?