So the past few weeks (months?) have been rife with Riddler fuck-ups, incoherent displays of incompetence and general ‘wtf?’ moments. This post won’t talk about that stuff because… Well, I’d cry.

Today we’re off to launch a project we started years and years ago (and I won’t go into why it’s taken so long for it to be released), but nevertheless… it’s happening. As it stands only two of us remain who actually worked on the project.

We have one other employee, Starbeer, who joined us a few months ago as a graphic designer.

So, GHC prepared yesterday by reminding myself and Starbeer that the launch was today and we’d need to go over to represent the company for half an hour or so.

Today, Riddler walks into the middle of the office and exclaims, “Hey are you guys going to be able to join me for the launch today?”

He needs to feel like he’s asserting control over the event. He’s asking us, although GHC was actually responsible for coordinating the whole damn thing. Anyways, after GHC nods in his direction and I grunt something while still looking at the computer screen, he starts back to his office.

But one step into this he feels it appropriate to yell out (in a half-mocking tone), “But not you Starbeer!” Starbeer looks confused and to this Riddler continues, “Only the people that worked on the project are going. Not you.”

So. Riddler wants to build a new office with new people who enjoy working here. But he finds it necessary and appropriate to publicly exclude the one new guy from an event which will supposedly celebrate something the company did.

At lunch.

This was the straw that broke me today.