Okay, I'm going to vent to you fine folks.
First let me state unequivocally that I am not going to pursue this, complain to the boss, or cause any trouble.
My new partner is driving me nuts! We have worked together before, but never as equal partners. In the past, he has always been my support staff, which meant that he was on salary, while I was on commission. Here, we are now equal partners, earning equal commission.
Now for my laundry list of complaints:
He is 74 years old, and I strongly suspect has the beginning of Alzheimer's or dementia. He remembers NOTHING I tell him. He consistently gives out wrong info to Purchasers; even when I gently remind him, 10 minutes later he repeats the wrong info. Yesterday, he left the potty door wide open. Not so much fun for JenniferS to go out there at 8:00 at night to find that the washroom is freezing.
He is hard of hearing and keeps turning up the satellite radio to an uncomfortable level. While I agree that we need some background noise, it should not be twice as loud as the people we are trying to converse with.
He cannot type contracts using the computer. He has not in fact, typed a deal in 20+ years. I was also somewhat dismayed to learn that he cannot get people to sign them once I have typed them. I took him through the process on our last deal, explaining to the people that G. has always been the boss and had support staff to do this for him. I would never disparage him in front of clients.
He refuses to take any deals in to HO, as he is terrified of the Builder. This means that my Mondays and Thursdays are now 3 extra hours long each week. And then, at 7:20, (we close at 8:00), he decides he's had enough and goes home. Hello - you worked 1:00-7:20. I worked 9:30-8:00.
He refuses to do any call-backs - says they don't work. Meanwhile, I have to do them (because yes, sometimes they DO work) and keep a log of who I called and when, as this is part of our job.
So, essentially all he has been doing for the past week and a half is blow up balloons, hand out water bottles, and vacuum up all the salt that folks track into the trailer. And for this, he gets half of the commission.
I know he desperately needs the money. He made half a mill on his last site and blew it all. He is in debt up to his eyeballs. And I have genuine affection for him, as we have worked together on and off for 17 years.
Okay - rant over. We now resume regular programming.
(laughing behind hand)
