u/cthulucore

Hey all, to keep this fairly vague I'll provide the key points and nuanced details simple below.

Worked at my company for a decade. Back then I developed a great relationship with my boss. Hang out after work, hit the gym together, discuss personal problems kind of relationship. I ended up excelling, making the company an ass load of money, growing my starting location 4x over, and getting pulled to an unrelated area of the company for a few years, while being left to monitor the status of my starting location.

After many years of trial and error, I'm being offered money I cannot turn down to take over my original location and fix the dumpster fire that it has become in my absence. (My directive was to only intervene if we were losing customers, otherwise I was simply left to watch) I have taken over my old boss's position.

However, they offered the original manager a demotion and a (very minimal) pay decrease to stay on, as regardless of his poor management style, he has decades of company experience and is by all means a really smart guy.

He has NOT taken it well. Passive aggressive comments, in the dumps, and generally just not looking to see any kind of positive side (his pride is hurt, I get it).

My knee jerk reaction is to sit him down, explain the situation and what I expect of him, and ask him what I can do to make his transition smoother. Unfortunately he has a negative personality trait of always thinking someone is trying to stab him in the back, and takes zero accountability for any of his failings (a primary reason behind his demotion) so I don't expect much result regardless of what he tells me.

I'm open to try, but I'm also a bit of a realist.

Any ideas or thoughts? I have not managed people in a looong time. I'm not averse to confrontation in a respectable workplace position, but I'd also like to attempt to keep his wealth of knowledge.

Hey all!

Long story short I got a wonky batch of syringes and needles from my standard supplier. They kept drawing weird and had to swap 2 needles (and I just straight boofed a stick and hit a nerve so I wasted another)

Anyways I'm 3 needles short on my standard cycle.

My gf snagged me 3 more from the local hospital she works at, but they're only 1" vs the standard 1.5" I normally get.

I'm not overly concerned as it's just 3 sticks but I was curious if that length really mattered? Google says 1.5" for adults over 200#, and I'm 255#, but my legs are very little fat, so logically I should be stabbing muscle regardless.

Thoughts?