The elephant in the room.

So, last night I learned that elephants are the only animals with four knees and that my husband is the office whipping boy. And of course, since this is my blog, I am going to turn that statement around and make it about me. I could have sworn the answer was either camel or giraffe.

I totally stole this picture from my friend, Samora's facebook page.

Geoff and I went out for trivia night with a couple of his coworkers last night and lost, mainly because I didn't know Steven Spielberg's first film was Firelight and bet the farm on Jaws. But even more revealing than what was happening 46 years ago in the motion picture industry is what is currently happening at the NRC office. I knew Geoff's boss has dick-like tendencies (there goes my job as MSNBC correspondent) and suffers from mood swings that would make Sybil seem even keeled, but what I didn't realize is that when it rains crazy, Geoff is without an umbrella. Granted there is a chica at the office, who due to what I perceive as incompetence, gets reamed out more. As per the office secretary and another resident, Geoff is in his cross hairs for EVERYTHING else.  Oconee is a high maintenance site. It is old and operated with a management philosophy different than what we are used to (is that polite enough?). Geoff often complains about the plant's foibles and about his boss's PMS, but I thought Bossman was more of an equal-opportunity chewer-outter. Not so... there is a third inspector who comes out relatively unscathed. He said there was no good reason that Geoff be targeted over him.  In fact, he jokingly admitted to coming into work late, just to deflect some of the venom off of Geoff.
Okay, now onto how shitty this makes me feel. Geoff busts his ass at work to come home and bust his ass here. I want so badly to be able to say, "Quit, I'll get a job." I am hamstringed. I wish I could come up with a solution to make it all better.  Geoff insists the problem isn't with Bossman, but rather the plant itself.  That may be, but I can't be passive aggressive with a nuclear power plant, so my ire rests with the asshole. As of right now, Geoff has agreed that should things not improve, he will request a transfer at his 3 year evaluation, but we'll see...