Hi Chucky...Bye Chucky

In old sitcoms, often there'd be a memorable character that would only show up on a couple of episodes and then they'd be written out of the script. That's kind of what our experience with Chucky was like. He was quite memorable, but for all the wrong reasons.

Like Clouseau, Chucky is a Belgian, so I was hoping the 2 of them would hit it off quickly. It started out promising enough, Clouseau was excited, so was I, he could talk about all that Belgian stuff he loves so much with our new co-worker. They seemed to be kidding around with each other, going to lunch, and everything. When I was training him, I was happy that he seemed to be eager to learn our procedures, he was making flowcharts and making printscreens. The future of Benelux team seemed bright, indeed. However, I should've seen some of the warning signs for what was about to come, it was obvious he was obsessed with money and kept bragging about his hot Tunisian girlfriend with blue eyes, and his skills and possessions.

Then as Chucky seemed to be getting more comfortable with his new work-environment, his true nature came out. His language became more vulgar, as did his humor, which only he found amusing. He began to openly insult anything and anyone, even criticizing the superiors for being stupid for having some of the procedures in place. He could do everything better he said, he probably could, to tell you the truth. There were some moments when I cringed at the things he said to the other people, mostly it were the comments he made to the women. Just the overall atmosphere in our corner of the office became very awkward, very quickly. He also dumped his hot Tunisian girlfriend some days before...so, it was playtime for Chucky. None of the women were safe from his charms; marital status, age, appearance, personality, none of this seemed an obstacle for him. And it was getting worse each successive day. At this point, Clouseau had already started to despise him...you'd have to be really obnoxious to get him riled up.

It also became apparent that in the meantime he made a commitment with another company (that would pay him more, but in the field that he had experience,) in the city. I learned about this from another co-worker within the team on Wednesday, and I knew that in the weekend he'd return to Belgium. Initially, he'd be trained by us for 2 weeks, go back to Belgium for a month and then get to work. But this new agreement would mean that when he'd return to Prague he'd start working with this new company, meaning that his fling with our company was over. The conclusion worked out the best for everyone involved.

Goodbye Chucky, best of luck.