Cleaned out my everyday bag yesterday and this was the result. I've wanted to post here for awhile, and I'm so curious to see what my bag says about me!
I've had it with one of my clients. I'm at the point where I don't ever want to see him again in my life.
First off, gas is almost $7.00 a gallon where I live, so keep this in mind. I'm CONSTANTLY watching my gas intake like a hawk because I have to stretch my gas $$ since the pay I make is a complete joke.
I took my client to a store he enjoys going to. Before I took him, I let him know we're going to be there for awhile (like 2 hours) because I can't afford to drive around the city and it was already out of the town we normally work in. We settled in, everything is fine. At about an hour he starts asking to leave. I let him know we're staying awhile and he goes off to do whatever it is he does. After about an hour 45 minutes we go to leave. He always rushes and walks ahead of me, so I'm scrambling to keep up. He gets on the escalator and I follow him, behind him. I needed to ask him a question so I put my hand on his shoulder and said his name.
He SCREAMED bloody murder like he was being killed. The entire store stopped and looked at us. People were rushing over asking if he was OK, if I was ok...if they should call someone....nope. Just him having a temper tantrum. But what made me wash my hands of this person was his reaction. He started yelling and cursing at ME, asking what the hell my problem was, why would I touch him, just going off on a ridiculous tirade of BS because I touched his fucking shoulder. We get down to the lower level and people are asking if I'm OK, if he's OK, and I just rushed him out of the store.
I almost didn't believe it for a minute? I stopped him and just let him have it in the calmest and most severe tone of voice i could possibly manage without losing my composure. Asked him why he would yell at me like that when he KNOWS I'm always less than five or six steps behind him. Asked him why he screamed (because he was scared and startled) and let him know that there's no excuse for his reaction and that it was completely inappropriate in public. I kind of feel bad but honestly.....this isn't the first time he's gone off on me in public. He goes off on his Mom like this too if he can't have his way.
There's also the problem that he's extremely adverse to people trying to help him, but he's fucking clueless about keeping himself safe. We're just now getting to the point of him waiting for me and not just bolting across the street even if a car is turning and I've been working with him for months now. He doesn't care or listen half the time, just walks out.
For a very long time this person was also lying to me about putting on his seat belt, which obviously is a MASSIVE red flag and I was furious about it when I found out. I had a talk with him and he's better, but I still have to check him every single time he's in MY vehicle with me. It's even more insulting for me because i know my company wouldn't pay the massive ticket that would result if we ever got pulled over.
I'm not even angry or embarrassed. I honestly feel like I'm past those levels and at a stage of just idk......I'm done with him. I don't want to have ANYTHING to do with this person ever again. He can be nice and fun to work with on some occasions but this was just too much. The entire time I was driving him back I really just wanted him out of my car and my life. This is going to happen again with this person and I'm not going to take verbal abuse and bullying. I dealt with it enough in my formative years and I'll be dammed if I take it again in my adulthood.
Sorry. I just had to get that out.