Give 'Em Enough Rope

[Davey Do]

Edgar Cayce said "You can't someone into more trouble than they can get themselves into".

I've found multiple times in my career, and personal life, for this belief to ring true. Recently, a house sup and tech were discussing patients by name in the earshot of a visitor. I alerted them to what they were doing and more or less went about my business.

I heard through the grapevine the tech was terminated this past week for document falsification.

Now, I had no ill feelings toward this tech, not ever working with him much, but knew him to be baically a nice guy who did his job as far as I knew. However, I sensed he did not have good boundaries, in that he didn't seem to take some things seriously.

I have other examples that I may get into.

Have you ever experienced a situation where, metaphorically, enough rope was given that the individual hung themselves?

[Davey Do]

37 minutes ago, TriciaJ said:

She's obviously buds with someone. Like they say, behind every terrible employee is some sort of nepotistic connection. I have another saying, but it would violate T.O.S.

With all the due love & respect that I can muster, I beg to differ, TriciaJ.

The only other staff member Nurse M gets along well with is Nurse S.

Without going into any great detail, the only reason that I can think of for Nurse M's immunity is that she's a warm body with an RN after her name.

If I were to predict, I foresee that thread she's hanging from is going to someday break unless she severs it herself, which Eleanor believes will happen.

Time will tell.

[Daisy4RN]

I have never been able to figure out why some places seem to get rid of the good workers and keep the slackers and trouble makers, just different reasons in different places i guess. I sometimes wished i could have figured it out so i would have known which one to be, lol. But of course i could never be a slacker anyway, it's just not in my blood.

[TriciaJ, RN]

3 hours ago, Daisy4RN said:

I have never been able to figure out why some places seem to get rid of the good workers and keep the slackers and trouble makers, just different reasons in different places i guess. I sometimes wished i could have figured it out so i would have known which one to be, lol. But of course i could never be a slacker anyway, it's just not in my blood.

I once had a really toxic and incompetent manager who used to nitpick the solid workers. People who had performance issues got a free pass. It was mostly a divide-and-conquer mentality; she liked to keep everyone pitted against each other. She needed to keep a few workhorses around to actually get some work done but she didn't want them feeling too powerful. I think the slackers made her feel competent.

[Davey Do]

8 hours ago, TriciaJ said:

I once had a really toxic and incompetent manager who used to nitpick the solid workers. People who had performance issues got a free pass. It was mostly a divide-and-conquer mentality; she liked to keep everyone pitted against each other. She needed to keep a few workhorses around to actually get some work done but she didn't want them feeling too powerful. I think the slackers made her feel competent.

I can't argue against your perspective on this one, TriciaJ.

It would seem that some managers are capable of manipulating their media, pitting personalities against each other, in order to have a sort of controlled chaos fraught with drama.

I've seen exactly what you have described and have wondered at the diabolical genius it takes to produce such an outcome.

[Davey Do]

On 3/11/2019 at 11:02 AM, TriciaJ said:

I used to think you were, like, the BEST PERSON EVER. Now I know you're evil like everyone else I've ever encountered in my entire life.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled of "Give 'Em Enough Rope" to bring you this important message !

[Daisy4RN]

53 minutes ago, Davey Do said:

We interrupt our regularly scheduled of "Give 'Em Enough Rope" to bring you this important message !

Oh DaveyDo, Tricia looks too sweet and is to nice to "try to take your Life". I think she is trying to shake some sense into you. We will just keep an eye on the situation for now and see what happens.

[FloForLyfe, BSN, CNA, RN]

At one of my places of employment some diversion was happening, but only as known by a select few. One nurse was actually given literally too much of the proverbial rope. It has been really difficult to deal with. Before becoming a nurse, I thought the worst thing nurses were capable of was being mean. Tough dose of reality. Tough to think about how I am going to move forward.