That sucks DJ!

Well this guy got hired to be a technician. Turns out he knows more about software than about machines (we sell mailing machines, scales, etc.). So, he couldn't take care of hardly any service calls we had. Like today, he just sat around all day. You would think if he didn't know the machines, he would spend his downtime trying to run a few of them and learn about them, but no, not this guy. He'd rather be installing Linux on all of our computers

In the three months he worked here, though, he did manage to:

-run out of gas in the company truck three times. Each time, guess who had to pick him up, take him to the gas station, get some gas and take him back to the truck? Me, of course.
-get into an accident on the interstate in the company truck (no injuries)
-mess up an installation at a customer's site
-screw up postage meter inspections in various ways (the USPS has a FIT if you do that )
-get lost on his way to customer sites almost every day (seriously)
-lose paperwork, therefore making my job harder

And the one time we actually did have a software problem that needed fixed, he couldn't do that either. Not to mention he had horrible, awful personal hygiene. Really bad.

All of this was actually kind of my boss's fault. He didn't have a lot of interviewing/hiring experience, and I don't think he really got to know who this guy was before he hired him.

The dude just left not too long ago. He had to wait for his wife to come pick him up because his car is broken down *again*. When he left he just sort of walked out and didn't say anything. I did get to tell him it was nice working with him and good luck before he left, but he didn't say bye to anyone. Oh well!!

I'm glad there wasn't much drama. I was afraid he was going to freak out on us!