dotdotdot wrote:Play this out.
You have a co-worker whom you spend 5-8 hours a day with. You constantly talk about sports, religion, politics, play dominos...basically like anyone here, but in real life.
Let's say that person goes through some shit with his s/o and talks to you about that for a week. You give advice, get feedback...everything seems cool.
Let's say that then you show up for work and find out that the person you used-to work with has brutally stabbed his s/o to death over the weekend....
How would you feel about that co-worker?
I'll share how I would hypothetically feel about this later...
I and a few others counseled a co-worker, Sean, on great ways to get revenge on his smokin' hot OL after she cheated on him with multiple dudes. In some ways I can almost understand why he was so damn whipped by this chick. I mean, her ass, tits and body were a solid 10, her face was about an 8 and her soft accent just made you want to rip her clothes off and ram your rigid cock in her with the savagery of...what?...errr, oot.
We told him to wait until she went to sleep, take all of the money and credit cards out of her purse, wake her ass up and kick her the fuck out, all while dropping a hefty load of "slut" and "cunt" bombs on her skank ass.
He later told us that she got up out of bed and tried the sobbing act. He told her to save the crocodile tears for one of the numerous other dudes that she was nailing. She said that she wanted to pack a few things before leaving, so she loaded up her clothes in a couple of suitcases. Evidently she was taking her sweet time, so he screamed at her to just get the fuck out. She called one of her friends on her cell phone and asked if she could come by and pick her up. Sean told her there was no fucking way she was staying in the house while waiting for her friend. His OL complained that it was raining outside. Sean screamed, "I DON'T GIVE A FUCK!! GET THE FUCK OUT!!!"
She walked out the door into the rain crying. Just as she walked down the last few steps to the ground floor, Sean popped his head out of the door and said, "Don't forget your clothes, YOU FUCKING WHORE!!", and threw her unzipped suitcases down the steps, scattering her clothes all over the wet ground and into the bushes below.
She turned back, said "You'll be sorry..." and left.
So our plan worked out great, 'cept for the part about us forgetting that she was from Australia, which as everyone knows is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so clearly I cannot choose the wine in front of YOU...err, where I was I? Oh yeah...
Our plan was working swimmingly until she reported his car as stolen, called the cops and requested a restraining order (meaning that he couldn't get his clothes or any of his shit from his own apartment) stating that he had made "terrorist threats" and she feared for her life.
The kicker though, was when I told him to go the morning after she pulled all of that shit and transfer his direct deposit from the joint account to a new account. I went with him to the bank and we were the first customers in line when the bank opened. The teller is being all chatty with us, her co-workers and anyone else within earshot. My buddy asks her to please hurry up. She gives him a "What's your problem, buddy?" look and goes back to her terminal.
Her: Okay, your new account is set up, now all I have to do is transfer the...well, that's' weird.
Him: What's weird...
Her: I just tried to transfer the funds, but now the balance is reading as $0.
Him: THAT BITCH! THAT FUCKING BITCH!!!
That conniving little cunt went to a different branch, was the first customer in line and didn't have a chatty teller or, being Australian, probably told the teller to shut the fuck up and do her goddamn job, so she scored all of dude's money...with rent due in a few days, no less.
Preeeety much the entire bank, customers, employees and, well, everyone, was looking at him like they were waiting for him to bust out with a note and a gun, so I got him out of there quick. We walk to the car and for about half a second, he shoots me a "this is your fault" look...which was pretty much right, I guess. I and a few others convinced him to grow a fucking sack, stand up for himself and wage war on that hot little slutty tart. Had it not been for us, he'd still be whipped and content in "well, it's probably better this way"'s ville, getting laid once a month if that.
So we're sitting in the car with him repeating "I'm fucked...I'm totally fucked" over and over, when his cell phone rings. It's his OL, of course.
Him: How could you take the money? You know I need it to pay rent.
Her: You should have thought about that before you scattered my clothes all over the complex and screamed that I was a whore.
Him: But I need the money, I have to have it for my car payment and rent.
Her: Oh well...
*pause*
Her: Okay, I'll give it back to you on one condition.
Him: What.
Her: You tell me who is in control here.
Him: You are.
Her: I'm sorry?
Him: YOU ARE.
Her: And who's way are we going to do things from now on each time and every time?
Him: YOUR WAY.
Her: I'm glad we understand each other. I'll put the money back in the account later today after I buy a few things for myself.
Sean took me home and drove back to his apartment. He got shitfaced drunk, sat in his favorite chair, put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger.
So to answer your question, Dot...hypothetically...I'd feel like complete dogshit. Had I and others not said anything this dude would be a pussywhipped pansy, but he'd probably still be alive. All we wanted to do was get him to stand up for himself and have some fucking pride and it completely backfired.