Revelations

I have always known this fact about myself, but I have not connected it to why it is that I just simply do not like some people. Well, I hate ass kissers. I don't like kids who are brown-nosers, and I really dislike adults who blatantly ass kiss. I could say I don't know why, but that's not true. I do know why. It's because ass-kissers are not nice for the sake of being nice. They are nice for their own benefit and do it insincerely, thereby making them untrustworthy.

There is a co-worker of mine who has been at the school for less than a year, and when I first met her, I could tell that there was something about her I did not like, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Well, today I figured it out.

As many schools are facing budget cuts, ours is no different. One of the reductions under consideration is eliminating all but one field trip during the year. We enjoy taking the kids on field trips, and so when this proposition came up, the rest of my team and I, with the exception of the aforementioned co-worker, took issue with it. Said co-worker emphatically said, "Well, I don't have a problem with it. This is how it is at most schools." Then, she walks over to our principal and loudly says, "I just wanted to tell you, that I support all of your decisions. I completely support what you are proposing." I said nothing to her and just walked away. What can you say?

Yep. That's it. She's an ass-kisser of the worst kind. And that is why I do not like her. I wonder though, am I the only one? Could it be that my boss feels the same way? Hopefully she's wise to others' ways and realizes the rift that is created by the co-worker's insincerity.