Nate is my friend's boss. He's mean.
Nate: he is in his late 20’s. His Dad is a cop, his mother a nurse. He only speaks with his Mother, since he and his Dad had a fight. Nate says his Dad is too controlling. Nate is getting married in Oct., he is Catholic, lives with his fiancé. A homeboy. He likes sports— minored in coaching in school. Likes to drink and party with the old boys. He is very judgmental. He looks for the wrong or strange in people and calls it out and down. He gossips. He is 2-faced. He is rude and disrespectful to others. He treats the the techs that work under him like easy slaves, except for 2 who are his favorite fellow home girls.
He shows my friend, especially, that her opinion is not credible. I think the ickiest thing about him to me is that she cannot trust him, that he refuses to trust her, and that she cannot work WITH him, no matter how hard she tries. It is always a proving ground between them. He poisons the workplace, making it an exhausting place.
She has better training and experience and it makes him jeolous and even angry, I think. He Polices the smallest of things around him, even if they don’t belong to him. He places priority on this police work, often at the expense of ideal patient care )he supervises a hospital pharmacy). It puts off others who don’t forgive him because he is the good ol’ homey boy.
He 'turfs' the scary stuff if he can. I know this: he is scared inside, not confident. He NEEDS compliments a lot. He enjoys the girl worship he gets from 2 of the pharm techs who gossip with him. He likes praise from her, too, but her compliments do not mean so much, I can tell. ( She is kind to all of her co-workers, making sure she recognizes them in their good works every day.)
Nate doesn’t take care of his body. He wears his hair in a short brush with tons of grease in it. He is very overweight. Thick neck. Little eyes in a big square face.
Let’s see, his mannerisms. He laughs sometimes, can be funny. Every day she works with him — it's an intense day--
She does see the little boy in Nate, and that's who she tries to address and tries to remember when she works with him, but he does not show her his best side.
Maybe it is never so black and white as I have written it. But it is what she generally has to work with.
I know that a poem will help her put this outside of herself more, where he can’t hurt her as much. You'll be helping her exist in her job more happily...make her laugh! She'ss be able to pull out the poem when he has been cruel to her, and she'll be able to not take his abuse so much to heart. She has a really big and soft heart. Let's rally around her and protect her through poetry! :-)
700 points first place
300 second place
100 points thrid place
More points awarded if I have enough to do so...
Poetic form is of your choice. However, it should touch on "Nate the Grate's" above listed attributes and points of information about how he is such an...(naughty word). You can title the poem anything you like, but something funny or stinging about his name is prefered.
Thank you!
Nate: he is in his late 20’s. His Dad is a cop, his mother a nurse. He only speaks with his Mother, since he and his Dad had a fight. Nate says his Dad is too controlling. Nate is getting married in Oct., he is Catholic, lives with his fiancé. A homeboy. He likes sports— minored in coaching in school. Likes to drink and party with the old boys. He is very judgmental. He looks for the wrong or strange in people and calls it out and down. He gossips. He is 2-faced. He is rude and disrespectful to others. He treats the the techs that work under him like easy slaves, except for 2 who are his favorite fellow home girls.
He shows my friend, especially, that her opinion is not credible. I think the ickiest thing about him to me is that she cannot trust him, that he refuses to trust her, and that she cannot work WITH him, no matter how hard she tries. It is always a proving ground between them. He poisons the workplace, making it an exhausting place.
She has better training and experience and it makes him jeolous and even angry, I think. He Polices the smallest of things around him, even if they don’t belong to him. He places priority on this police work, often at the expense of ideal patient care )he supervises a hospital pharmacy). It puts off others who don’t forgive him because he is the good ol’ homey boy.
He 'turfs' the scary stuff if he can. I know this: he is scared inside, not confident. He NEEDS compliments a lot. He enjoys the girl worship he gets from 2 of the pharm techs who gossip with him. He likes praise from her, too, but her compliments do not mean so much, I can tell. ( She is kind to all of her co-workers, making sure she recognizes them in their good works every day.)
Nate doesn’t take care of his body. He wears his hair in a short brush with tons of grease in it. He is very overweight. Thick neck. Little eyes in a big square face.
Let’s see, his mannerisms. He laughs sometimes, can be funny. Every day she works with him — it's an intense day--
She does see the little boy in Nate, and that's who she tries to address and tries to remember when she works with him, but he does not show her his best side.
Maybe it is never so black and white as I have written it. But it is what she generally has to work with.
I know that a poem will help her put this outside of herself more, where he can’t hurt her as much. You'll be helping her exist in her job more happily...make her laugh! She'ss be able to pull out the poem when he has been cruel to her, and she'll be able to not take his abuse so much to heart. She has a really big and soft heart. Let's rally around her and protect her through poetry! :-)
700 points first place
300 second place
100 points thrid place
More points awarded if I have enough to do so...
Poetic form is of your choice. However, it should touch on "Nate the Grate's" above listed attributes and points of information about how he is such an...(naughty word). You can title the poem anything you like, but something funny or stinging about his name is prefered.
Thank you!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 11, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 700
- Final notes: Thanks, everyone!
Entries [2]
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i stay at my friends house
she is really tiny like a mouse• Commented on by judge. -
Is Nate afraid of being outclassed by a girl?
Does he have issues that cause him to hurl?• Commented on by judge.
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Lets hope you get lots of entries. Nate sounds like he's quite the guy...glad I don't know him. If I write a poem it will probably be about how Nate falls of a cliff or something, that is what your friend really needs!
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This is a well written piece some part that I have collected in my mind still has me laughing sorry but this piece surly has much humor to it as stated. You have done well with this and the descriptive is jsut on key, like this part here, I could just imagine nate face "Thick neck. Little eyes in a big square face. " gosh after reading this I think I have seen Nate ...
unlike Bierce comment I would not wish him to fall of a cliff
Thanks for sharing such a wonderful write with the AP minds.
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Your friend sounds like she needs to write a letter to dear abby.
:LOL my little son's name is Nathan and my husband and I often call him Nate the great.
Now I'm not sure who Nate is to your friend: husband? son?brother? boss? boyfriend?
If Nate is some sort of boyfriend??? then cold turkey, put out the fire - just like cigarettes in the bucket of sand at the mall entrance - Then walk through that door and don't look back.
The best way to handle bad bosses is to start looking for a better job. Trust me! been there done that. You can't make the situation better and your spirit can only take so much. It destroys eventually your confidence, sense of integrity and self worth as well. Is any amount of money worth that? All anyone wants in life is a place to belong, where dedication and willingness makes a difference, if where you work doesn;t value this, then it's a bad place to work.
I quit just such a circumstance and started over and cried and worried for 9 months but now I've learned how to say no! for the first time and it feels good. Make decisions about what I want with out worrying about what others think. This was the slogan a co-worker gave me that got me through it all:
I'm ok with what I'm doing at the moment. Tomorrow will see.
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I think we've all known a Nate. You just have to learn to live with them (unfortunately).
Clever use of wording in your title, too. Funny thins is: I was so focused on it being a typo that I was half way through your write up before I realized the word play.
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I didnt realize this was a contest until the end. You set up a wonderful scenario and I am sure this will stir some muse in many of us. I'll see what I can come up with. Great idea!vj
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Nate is her boss and the town she lives in is small and jobs in her carreer are limited. She just needs a poem to read that will lighten her up.
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Mystery writers often say they get their primary inspiration from a desire to kill a coworker or a spouse.(think Agatha Cristie) Maybe your friend should take up mystery writing!!!
Best of luck
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i think everyone can relate to this fool
we've all had to work with one of those people who makes the workplace exhausting... i know i have. one was particularly horrible. i tried and tried to the point i became sick and my doctor took me out of work! i didn't realize that's why i was sick (duh) and it took me a long time to get better.
i wish you much luck in finding good poems to cheer your friend up... it's a very kind thing for you to do
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Interesting idea. Character study cum contest. And as therapy...hmph. Sort of tempting, but I don't think I'll enter. Best of luck though.
Cheers,
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What a wonderful idea. I will be back! - joanne
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Nate sounds awfully like my ex... although my ex works for a bank, controlling people's money (ha!) rather than possible health. Wish I had time to do this contest- it's a great idea! I could never work with a boss like that. I can't even tolerate a normal boss who assumes a new worker is stupid or incompetent! I hate having people over my shoulder- it makes me nervous and of course I screw up. When taught what to do and left alone I work best. Ah well. haven't had a job around people for a while (3rd shift and assembly work is great for social phobes!)
Ah, anyways, good luck to all who enter, I hope your friend can deal with nate and he grows up and stops being a prick... or perhaps your friend can find a new job
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