There is a professor at the university. I hate him. I hate everything about him. He’s taking the graduate course with me. The ‘good’ side of me wants to help him out, because he is pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. The ‘bad’ side of me wants to see him fall flat on his face and kick him out of the country.
One time, in the Summer, I ate dinner with him and another professor. He was speaking Korean to order food, (and you should know that he speaks awkwardly loud, fast, and with incorrect pronunciation.) The waitress was having a hard time understanding him, but he just kept talking. At the same, the waitress was trying to explain the menu. I found it comical, and I may have snickered. Immediately he asked if I was laughing at his Korean. I said, “no”. But, I could tell he wasn’t buying it.
Later, the waitress came back to say that they were out of our order. Again, the hilarity of reordering insued, and I snickered, and he took a great offense to this. He asked, “Are you laughing at my Korean?” I wanted to just say yes, but he went on a tirade. For something so small, it struck a nerve.
He said he takes “great pride” in his Korean. He’s lived here for 19 years. He said one Italian guy laughed at his ability to speak Italian, (which he partially is) and he said, “I kill people who laugh at my Italian.”
I really couldn’t tell if he was joking or not. Was he seriously getting worked up over this? We hadn’t been drinking, so what the fuck? The second professor calmed him down, but it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Apparently, he has a world of baggage, so he takes anti-depressants. He’s bipolar, so he takes medication. Without his job, he has nothing. Therefore, the English professors look after him, like seriously covering his ass for anything at the university.
The professors encouraged him to enroll in this program. He should get a Masters to feel less like a “weak person”. (He likes to use this phrase when he feels like he’s being picked on) However, none of the other professors are, now, participating in the program to look after him. And I sure as hell don’t want to do it! He’s a parasite, who is incapable of surviving on his own.
I’ve been updating him on the course projects, the housing, the homework assignments, and the required textbooks … Why? Because he doesn’t check his email!
When I learned that we’d be doing group presentations for the course, I immediately signed up and made a group. Weeks later, I decided to tell him about the group presentations. He asked, “Are you in a group yet?” I said “Yeah, I picked a topic and the group is full. He replied, “It’s too bad we’re not in the same group. We could work TOGETHER!” I was like, “heh…………..yeah.”
I told him about the dormitory housing. We could get a single room or share with a friend. He said “We should room TOGETHER.” Timidly, I said, “Ok”. But, I thought that would be a recipe for disaster. I don’t want to be around this guy. A few days later, I said that I need my ‘me’ time and ‘personal space’. I told him I’d get a single room. He said, “Yea, I think I’m thinking about doing the same thing.”
Today, I majorly helped him out with the pre-course homework assignment. I held his hand, while he sent an email for the presentation topics and updated the coordinator with his housing and food choices.
At least 6 times, I’ve heard him say “I haven’t studied or had to do anything like this in 20 years.” It’s a bullshit excuse, and I want to fire back, “Well you ought to get your shit together, now!”
I could go on, but this is a good place to stop writing. I hate him.
Ceej said,
January 22, 2010 @ 10:43 am
Dude seriously! Don’t guide him if you don’t like him. Start firing back with your own ‘what’s going on looks’ and ‘I don’t understand’ I had a guy like this in one of my classes. Total dumbass who would just leach on anyone who seemed like they’d give him the time. He understood nothing and I think for the most part was tripping on meth all the time.
Cut the ties dude with simple phrases….. I’m not sure what they’re doing. What’s going on? What page are we on? I’m really confused about this. I can’t stand idiots who leach off of you. You be the bigger idiot and he’ll move on.