Just thinking...

Without fear of losing any "humble points"... when I was hired, the staff seemed to like me right away. Not like "You're so great and wonderful! Thank God for you!". But more like "He's a real nice, helpful guy."

Within the first few weeks or so, I had heard a bunch of stories about the previous instructor. Here's a little backstory on him:

He was an older man, around 45-50. He was tough, with the students as well as fellow instructors and staff. He was a nice man, but he was strict, stubborn, a bit arrogant, and he did things in his own "strange" way. Which could only have resulted in a lot of complaints from students. He was even bossy with the other instructors. For example, he'd "ask" them to step outside of THEIR lounge (it's not necessarily for the computer instructor)while he made a phone call, "Do you mind? This is a personal call. Thanks." Other teachers would have to ask to 1) use a computer, and then 2) ask permission to print! To which he'd sometimes say no, or force them to print on recycled paper.

Ok, so now you have an idea of how he was. Now, although he was "let go", he still works in the same school, but in a different department, so he still pops up every now and then.

Every now and then he'll pop into the computer lab, without asking anyone, and he'll just sit at a computer and print out whatever he needs to print, however many pages it might be. Again, without asking. And he doesn't really seem to care if a class is going on or not, or if he's interupting or not. Or if he's using up the last few sheets of "good" paper or not.

I try to show him him respect, because 1) he's a fellow instructor, 2) he's older man, and 3) he's never pulled any of that crap above with me (which would call for a "revocation of respect"). But I have to wonder... what would he have said if our places were reversed? Would anyone be wrong to point it out to him? Or go to his current workplace do the same? And, doesn't it make him seem like more of a total ass?

I was thinking about this because I just found a floppy disk in one of the computers, with a document with his name on it. So now I'm thinking he may have a key, which takes his "abuse" to a higher level.