Mystery solved: About four years ago (or five, I forget), when I was a supervisor at the PTO, I was giving a patent law overview to a group of examiners when I realized that some examiners didn’t have chairs. So, I went across the hall to a small meeting room, not being used, and borrowed two chairs to bring back to the lecture room. As I was dragging the chairs across the hall when a guy confronted by in an aggressive manner, asked for my credentials, how long I’d been at the office, what I was doing with the chairs … and on and on. He literally got in my face to the point where I had to back up. I had a room of about 30 examiners waiting so I didn’t have time to chat, but I recognized the aggressive guy as a fellow supervisor who I’d seen around but really didn’t know that well. I turned from him, said good day, and dragged to chairs to the lecture room. I was a tad bit upset. Later that day, I went to a fellow supervisor who I respected and inquired as to why this aggressive supervisor might have behaved that way toward me. I was so upset, and the encounter so disturbing, I thought about going to the group director, my boss. But I couldn’t be 100% certain. My fellow supervisor assured me that the person I thought it was was a calm, very nice person. Nevertheless, I was convinced it was him. Time passed, and every time I saw the guy I gave him the Larry David staredown (see the attached video before proceeding). I wanted him to continue his rant about the chairs, or to recognize me, to apologize, or to explain what the hell he was upset about. I think once I even asked him sarcastically, “can I get you a chair, there’s some in the next room”. But the supervisor never flinched. For many years now, this has been a big mystery to me; this disturbing incident, and the nice-guy supervisor who had some chemical reaction to me and nobody else apparently. I can’t tell you how many Larry David looks I gave this poor supervisor over the years. Anyway, mystery solved today (five years later). Turns out that the fellow supervisor I went to for consolation identified this supervisor’s twin. Another guy who looks just like him … with more details I can’t get into. But he, not the nice guy supervisor, was the guy who confronted me over the chairs. But, this poor supervisor, who is indeed a great guy, had to endure (probably unbeknownst to him) countless Larry David staredowns from me, and perhaps has a twin running around the office pissing off half the corps. Probably every fifth person he runs into nice-guy supervisor says quietly, that’s the guy who said …. Anyway, mystery solved. I’ve thrown countless dollars at my talk therapist over this for years and now I can put it to rest. One down, seventy more issues to go. Love my friends, Brian youtube/watch?v=4Ehb2fzCmJs
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:51:48 +0000
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