The Return of Tyler
Just when I thought things couldn't get any crazier, guess who’s back after a week-long vacation? Tyler, the other maintenance guy. Now, don't get me wrong, It’s cool to have another dude around, but Tyler... man, he's a piece of work.
First day back, and I see him walking up to the building like he’s not planning on working today flashing that lazy grin of his.
Tyler: "Yo, Jacoby! Miss me?"
Jacoby: Yeah! (nodded his head)
See, Tyler's the kind of guy who gives hardworking men like myself a bad name. Sure, he'll do some work when the boss lady breathing down his neck, but the minute she turns her back? Poof! He's gone.
I catch him sneaking into one of the out-of-order rooms on the third floor. "Bout to PM this room," he says with a slight grin. Yeah, right. He’s going to PM the room alright by catching some Z's or playing on his phone.
The women? They're all over him. Tiffany at the front desk giggles every time he walks by. Maria starts asking him questions in Spanish to get his attention long enough to have a conversation with him. Even the boss lady seems to cut him more slack than anyone else.
But here's the kicker: Tyler's a damn liar. He'll would swear up and down that he fixed certain things, and then come to find out it’s not fixed. Then I'm the one who has to go back behind him and fix it and that’s one thing I hate is to go behind what someone else messed up. (But if he does fix something It’s broke again two hours later).
Hotel manager: "Didn't Tyler fix this AC unit?"
Should I throw this dude under the bus?
Jacoby: “It was a faulty part we brought from the supply house"
What the hell did I just do, rolling up my sleeves as you already know I have to fix his mess... again.
Now, I'm the reliable guy whatever I mess up I will clean up after I’m done. I don’t play the games he plays. Mr. Charming Slacker. Some days, I swear I prefer being here by myself.
As I'm watching my gauges on the AC that Tyler supposedly fixed I look up and see walking from the store Tyler laughing it up with Tiffany and Maria like he’s some kind of big shot on top of his game.
He doing all that while I’m over here fixing on AC he claim he fixed. I clenched my fist and took a deep breath and keep working. One of these days, I think to myself, one of these days, the truth's gonna come out. And when it does, I'll be here, saying I told you so... just like always.
To be continued...