"CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)" (ccpbb)
10/30/2015 at 23:38 • Filed to: None | 1 | 9 |
The weird tale of my coworker that revolves around divorce, psychology, bikes and porn. AE88? For your time.
The bike shop I work at just got a new mechanic and he’s a hopeless bastard. He’s creepy (he showed me porn for no apparent reason at work today, I dismissed him, then he did the same without provocation with my coworker, who was weirded out.) He also has a DOCTORATE in psychology and he’s working at a bike shop with Community college/High school students. I’ve calculated he’s spent at least 2 years milling around a bike shop after getting a divorce, and effectively dropping several levels within his life. He was a educator of sorts (maybe college? He said he couldn’t find a job for his line of work around here..) He’s not the world’s best mechanic (usually mechanics do 1-2 big tune ups a day and 2 small jobs, such as a bottom bracket install or recabling). He spends 4 hours on one big tune (mind you he was a bike mechanic at college and at 2 bike shop locations before this) when it usually takes 1-2 hours. Usually the mechanic does the tune ups/small jobs 1-2 days or maybe the weekend in advance. He does them the day of. He takes infrequent bathroom breaks/breaks. He also talks about his doctorate a lot. Even My old boss called him “Dr (name)“. The customers identify him as the doctor. His discussions revolve around him “improving himself” (don’t know how but seems the same for the past 2 years), his kids, his doctorate, and whatever weird thing he tried to show me. Neither the time or place, man. He doesn’t drive, but he has a broken motorcycle. He has a 30 mile total round trip commute and cares to ride only 5 miles of it. Not even a rider, but a commuter.
He needs to move on. I understand divorce can tear you apart, but he has so much potential. And that potential is lost in milling about at a bike shop, idly degreasing a cassette with a worn wire brush.
/rant over/
Alfalfa
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
10/30/2015 at 23:47 | 1 |
I feel bad for the guy. Yes he needs to move on, but he may have forgotten how. Or maybe it’s easier for him to stay where he is, rather than work long and hard for something just to lose it again.
He still sounds obnoxious, though. I certainly understand your frustration. The porn thing sounds hella awkward.
Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
10/30/2015 at 23:51 | 0 |
Corolla!
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo
10/30/2015 at 23:58 | 0 |
One perk of California. Our lack of rain and salted roads keep the rust to a minimum.
Berang
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
10/30/2015 at 23:58 | 1 |
Tell him you need to talk to him in a moment. When nobody is watching. Bring him over to the corner of the workshop. Casually look over your shoulder and say “I killed a man”. Then look back at him. Dead in the eye. And rip a big one. Don’t say anything else. Just put your hand on his shoulder and nod.
He’ll leave.
E92M3
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
10/30/2015 at 23:59 | 0 |
I have yet to meet a person with a pysch degree that wasn’t off a little bit. Poor guy.. Divorce can be a tramatic experience. Maybe he enjoys working with his hands? There’s a certain level of satisfaction when you repair something, or build something with your hands. It would get old hearing about his doctorate all the time. Those with PHD’s tend to boast about it. Maybe he feels a little insecure where he is in life? And thinking about his achievement makes him feel more confidence to the point of it being an obsession?
SVTyler
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
10/31/2015 at 00:04 | 0 |
In the same way drastic changes in your personal life can hinder you by causing you to withdraw or inhibit your growth as a person, they can also be a moment of clarity where you discover that what you’re doing or where you’re heading isn’t what you really want to be doing. Maybe he realized he doesn’t want to be a psychologist or professor or whatever and just wants to fix up motorcycles all day (even if he isn’t all that great at it) because that’s what makes him happy.
The porn isn’t cool though. What the fuck.
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> E92M3
10/31/2015 at 00:08 | 0 |
There is a certain passion, but he's past a bit of his prime...
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> SVTyler
10/31/2015 at 00:13 | 0 |
Seems to make him happy. The porn was not cool. My coworker made it more disturbing with the visualization he offered me. He also has a nickname for him: “that pedophile”
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> Berang
10/31/2015 at 00:13 | 0 |
I can weird him out with a few impressions and a nice convo pretty easily.