I have to tell you about this jackass! He has been a pain in my butt since I took over the management of my department at the hospital.
Bryan comes from Boston and he is a Yankee among Yankees. According to Bryan: Abraham Lincoln was the greatest president this country has ever had. According to Bryan: Lincoln was correct in sending the Army to the South to teach those damn Rebels a lesson. According to Bryan: The Civil war was fought just to free the slaves and the damn Rebels started it.
Bryan NEVER refers to anyone from the South as a Southerner. It's always a damn Rebel. Confederate flags are "damn Rebel Flags". So he doesn't know squat about the war.
Mike is my leadman. He's from Oklahoma and a biker. He drives a big, honking Harley Road King and has a Low Rider as a second bike. He belongs to a local club, The Thrid Rail. 25 members.....all professionals. Two attorneys, one doctor and several other professional people. One morning Mike's car wouldn't start, so he climbed aboard his Harley and came to work. He walked in wearing his leathers. Bryan made a big stink about it...first to Mike, then to me. "Why do you let your people wear those biker clothes in?" I told Bryan he was a biker and I didn't give a damn what the wore to and from work. While he's working....he's wearing scrubs!
I started a fun thing in the department. Hat Day. One day a month my people wear a goofy hat into and at work. I give out little prizes for the best hats. Bryan made a stink about this. "Your people are not very professional looking in those hats!" The folks in the hospital love it. They say it breaks up the daily monotony and gives them a laugh.
I told my people they could use a Walkman, or small portable radio and listen to music while they worked. Bryan made a stink out of this. "If there is a code in the hospital, your people won't hear it!" I told Bryan that none of my people were on any of the code response teams. What are they going to do in a room where someone is having a heart attack....mop the floors? Wash the windows? Empty trash cans? When and if there is a code....my people step out of the way and let the response teams through then go on about thier business. They have nothing to do with codes.
Bryan is a trouble maker. He graduated from some Ivy League College with a degree in Business Management and thinks he God's gift to the business world. No one in the hospital (including the CEO) likes him. He's the manager of Medical Records and his people hate him with a passion! He's been ragging on me and my people since I've been there and before I retire...he will pay for it!