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@dooks
i used to work in the office of a small-ish specialised electrical engineering company that was taken over by a multinational energy company. the director was a hateful little cunt of a man foisted on us by our parent corporarion when they expunged the much loved and fiercely intelligent director as a scapegoat for some petty political reason.
the outgoing victim had been in the company 20 years, was ex-apprentice who'd worked his way up the ladder. he was a top bloke, still young, probably only in his late 30s. he'd worked his way off the factory floor, put himself though university, got qualified, moved into law and become one of the most respected and well liked people in the industry. he was of slight build, always well dressed, stylishly understated and never flash. he was quitely spoken, funny, frighteningly smart and pleasant to everyone. he got the tube in every day, often worked late into the night but always turned up at birthdays and leaving dos with his credit card and a friendly smile.
he was turfed out on his ear one afternoon after some graph in some report slipped the wrong side of some target. no leaving do, no emails, just there one minute and then gone.
he was replaced by a corporate goon from the new parent corporation, straight out of the cyril sneer mould; pinstripes, ostentatious jaguar, red braces and all. this miserable little hitler was cigar huffing, sour faced little cretin who knew nothing about the industry and had no contact with the staff... other than his equally smoke-ravaged secretary who he was (not very secretively) shagging.
he was a petty, unfriendly, sour and smelly man. thoroughly unpleasant. his contribution to the office dynamic was sending out ridiculous emails rudely laying down the law about various inconsequential things such as certain staff member's time keeping, dress code, protocol for wording on out of office emails, voicemails or the mess in the filing cupboard by the door... these emails, ladies and gentleman, were without fail, written in blue comic sans.
i'm just saying.