Well folks, I got my Chevelle in November.
I had several muscle cars in my younger days. And, at the age of 52, I decided it was time to get another one, so I bought this Chevelle.
This will be my last muscle car (I feel like I'm already "bonding" with it, if that makes any sense).
They just announced in my town that they will start having a "Classic Car Cruise In" the 3rd Friday of every month, starting in March. The wife is even looking forward to her and I regularly attending it in the Chevelle.
I've been having fun going into the garage in the evenings and on the weekends as I've started to refurbish it. I plan to get it in really sweet condition, and am presently redoing the interior (I'll be posting pictures out here in the near future).

I've proudly shown pictures of the car at work and have received several compliments from people. A guy I know with a 62 Impala SS came over to check it out and complimented me on it.

Then, a few weeks ago, a guy at work (who works a different shift than I do) started taking "pot shots" at the car by occasionally leaving certain comments and pictures up on a board for myself (and others) to see.
Knowing this guy's personality type, I thought maybe he was just busting my balls a little bit, and I took it good naturedly and left him a couple of notes in return.

Then, about a week ago, I realized the guy was just being a dick.
I came in to start my shift and he had posted on the board at work a picture from eBay of a 396 engine for sale and a picture of a Chevelle SS grill for sale and some accompanying comments implying that my Chevelle is a "phony" and not a muscle car because someone may have added the 396 engine or may have added some emblems or other parts. At this point, I'm not really sure what his problem is.

What's really ironic about this is that this guy is not into cars at all and knows nothing at all about muscle cars. Plus, he's never even seen my Chevelle in person.
He owns 2 vehicles...a junky beat up pick up truck and an older, junky car.

I've had 2 people at work tell me that this guy has a folder in a bag that he brings into work each day, and in this folder he actually has several pictures of Chevelles similar to mine and pictures of Chevelle parts that he has downloaded off of the internet...and this is a guy who is not into cars at all. The people who've told me about the "Chevelle folder" this guy has started keeping since I got my Chevelle have told me that he's just jealous and envious. The "Chevelle folder" actually sounds almost kind of psychologically weird to me.
The guy has even put a link on our computer at work to "tonyzump's" "Chevelle Clone For Sale" web site (a Chevelle Forum member).
He's actually posted this link at work and implied that my Chevelle is not really a Chevelle, but a "phony."
He seems to be taking satisfaction not just in dissing my car to me, but in dissing it to other people also.

Now folks, what do you make of such a guy?
Why does someone have to be such a jealous ignoramus and attempt to lessen my satisfaction and enjoyment of my car, and try his best to diss my car to other people?

I know this guy's personality, and he can be quite petty. But these latest antics of his seem to have taken pettiness to a new low.

-Greg

This guy well lets just say his elevator is stuck between floors, do not play with this guy you will not win.Just know in your heart that you love what you have and will continue to do so while this dude just fades away in the distance.You will get car experts with tons of comments some good some not so nice.Bottom line is enjoy what you have for as long as you can and do not put any stock in what any one else thinks or says.Dont give any fuel to the fire ignore this dude and maybe he will go on to bugging someone else with all his knowledge, lol.Enjoy your ride life is to short to think about things you cant controll.

....and get a lowjack.

One word for him. It starts with an A, has an S in the middle and ends with an S. I'd just ignore his antics and he'll get tired of them soon.

start bringing in pics off the internet of vehicles that look like his- only nice- and post them on the bulletin board.
also maybe a few pics of the type of women that enjoy his kinds of vehicles...

Greg sounds like you have a level head on your shoulders and you've figured this guy out. The source of the problem (other than his genetics) may be the posting board you put pictures on. Maybe he's got some axe to grind about that board that is unrelated to your car. What Alann and the others said I agree with. He's getting attention somehow and feeding himself with it.
He is just one clown all by himself- and there are 10,000 members here who think your car is great.
This is the 'Chevelle folder' that matters. Thumbs up to ya!

I agree with the others....but if all else fails take him out back during a break and beat him senseless:D

i would give him a hug and well why not ask him if he would like to go to a shrink or to the boss

Don'tcha just love the morons of this world? Forget about him and his small world syndrome. I'd fiix it up drive it to the shows and have fun with it. I'd think about bringing it in one day when it's done for your 'friend' to drool over. I'd diss off the guy and then show the awards to your co-workers- not him- that the car wins!
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Dave
TC #4334
ACES # 8193

You got....he want. Chevelle envy, a common problem.

To some people the only way they can feel good about themselves it to rip down those around them. It's pathetic but dangerous. This is the type that keys cars and talks negative about you to all that will listen. Stay away. Sounds like you and others at work already know whats what about this guy.

Good luck to you.

I would like to hear more about your car and less about this clown.

Don't play his game by reacting to his antics. Just ignore him and his stupid comments and board postings. If he sees he's getting no reaction out of you, he'll move on to his next "victim". You aren't the only one who has figured him out and I'll bet no one trusts a word he says and as such, who cares what he says about your car. The reason he's picking on you is because he can tell how much excitement and enjoyment you get out of your Chevelle. Personalities like this seem to get some morbid thrill out of taking what gives people joy and making it a source of pain for them instead.

Ignore him at every opportunity, don't talk to him, don't make eye contact and don't acknowledge him outside of work related discussions required for you or him to do your jobs.

I agree with the others....but if all else fails take him out back during a break and beat him senseless:D

No violence in the workplace allowed.

Load a bunch of porn on his work puter and leave an anonymous note for his superiors.

Is this thread for real?! Someone that puts all that time into worrying about a car they don't even own needs to get a life :eek: ... Just when you've thought you've heard it all :rolleyes:

What he is doing sounds like harassment to me. A "Chevelle folder"? Posting stuff on real bulletin boards? That guy is five cans short of a six pack.

kick his a$$ sea bass!give him a ride and scare the crap outa him.

Guy's a wackjob. Ignore his sorry a$$. He needs to get a life!
I don't know if I'd drive it to work, though. You never know what loons like this creep might do. :angry:

Sorry to hear that. If the guy was being that big of a jerk, I would probably call him out on it in front of everyone at work and embarrass him. By the way where in NC are you? I am in the Raleigh area.

I don't have a guy with a Chevelle folder but I get quite a heckling at work for my Chevelle.
Been at my current job for about 5 years. I have had my chevelle for 14 total years, it was a daily driver for the first 4 years. In these five years at my job I have graduated college, bought a home, gotten married and purchased a new primary vehicle along with starting a side business. I get **** for the time and money I have spent on my Chevelle. I am getting dangerously close to having it complete. I think the bottom line is that when other people have nothing better in their lives they make fun of others to make up for what they are unable or wish they could do. I work in a very technical field where most of the guys are talking about video games, electronics, computers and that sort of jazz. Only one guy out of my company even knows about cars and he is 20 and has put a LS1 in his 91 Camaro. It gets old being around a bunch of people that have no clue what "real" muscle cars are.
Basically what I was getting to is embrace what you love, f--- your co-worker. Just remember that anyone that comes up to you and dogs your car, 9 times out of 10 doesn't have a car at all.

I'd have fun with the guy. Let's say his name is "Dweeb"....

Above whatever pictures he posts of your car or car parts, put a sign that says "Dweeb wants".

Below the picture, put real pictures of his car, and a sign that says "Dweeb has..."

I would ignore the guy before you come home and find that he's boiled your steering wheel.

I'd mess with him too. :yes:

....jealousy is the highest form of flattery. those type of di*ks aren't worth your time. Just watch he doesn't fool with your ride... then it's cano whupass time..

Start putting up towing company cards for his crap cars and trucks.

It is pretty cut and dry...if it were me....I would file a greivence with the union or the boss...put it in writing and make it official. Stick to your guns and dont back down if the boss tries to sweep it under the carpet. This whack job is harrasing you in the workplace. Plain and simple. It doesnt matter if he is calling you names or making fun of your car, he is making your work envirenment stressful and not a nice place to be. How would you be treated if you yourself did the same thing to a woman that owned a honda civic and you were putting up pictures implying it was a recycled pop can or if you went around to the rest of the office staff making fun of her car in the same way??????? Yuo would be fired on the spot of suspended. Just because we are "men" doesnt mean we have to put up with crap in the workplace. File your grievence and make life hard for this lowlife redneck. Playing his game in return by making fun of him or ridiculing him may also get you in hot water.

Do the right thing and nip it in the bud by filing a grievence. May losing a couple of days pay may hit him in the right place where it hurts. I would also bet he doesnt have many freinds in the workplace either.

Keep us posted on what you intend to do.

We had a guy like that at my last employer. I bought a gay porn mag for the subscrption card, filled it out in his name. Payed with a money order, and had it deivered to work. It was delivered to his inbox mailbox, for all to see......He didn't mess with anyone again. He left a few months later, after trying hard to convince everyone it wasn't his.
Terry

i would find out where he lives and leave a nice burnout marks if fron of his house.

Diamondback Rattlesnake in his desk drawer. If it gets him in the face, he not be laughin' when his head the size of a trampoline.

Take the next picture that he puts on the board down. Take it to him. Grab him by the hair and bend his head back until his neck almost snaps. Wad the picture up and stuff it as far down his throat as you can get it. Walk calmly away. Do this every time he puts up a picture. He will stop. I guarantee it.

:mad:
Hint: He Has No Life!! :sad:
I'd just ignore his antics and he'll get tired of them soon. :yes:

Does he put your name on the pictures / notes. If so take to managers and have a talk with them about stuff on board.

Ebay stuff leave note of thanks for info. And something to the effect that you donnot have the time to research e-bay.

start bringing in pics off the internet of vehicles that look like his- only nice- and post them on the bulletin board.
also maybe a few pics of the type of women that enjoy his kinds of vehicles...

now that is funny :D
It amazes me that people like this still exist and function.
I worked with a guy once that tried telling me my 70 SS396 Canadian built car wasn't a real SS :rolleyes:

My guess is He has no ambition,a crappy home life,3 dollars in the bank, Rossanne for a wife and most of all..0 goals. Dont let him mess with your dream..Guys a loser.

Ignore his antics and he'll move on to something else.For every 1 person you bump into like this,you'll find 1000's who appreciate your car.People get sick of listening to someone like that real quick.Ignore him. He'll go back to his "Why he's a Loser Folder".

We had a guy like that at my last employer. I bought a gay porn mag for the subscrption card, filled it out in his name. Payed with a money order, and had it deivered to work. It was delivered to his inbox mailbox, for all to see......He didn't mess with anyone again. He left a few months later, after trying hard to convince everyone it wasn't his.
Terry

Dude that is FUNNY.

Actually, I would mess with him directly. I would have a few co-workers who also think he is a dickhead tell him that you just bought a 572 and a bunch of other really expensive parts just to get to him even more. Think of the slepp he will lose wondering how you got the money, since this is obviously the root of the problem.

Or, just sign him up for an office delivery of gay porn,,,haha

Simply amazing. It never fails to amaze me how people respond to different things, mostly each other. The thing is here that your problem will get much larger if you give him your attention.
If you do chose to let him have it, give it to him with a word of kindness.
Then open up a 55 gal drum of whup a$$ and pour it all over him.

Why do you even care? Obviously his point is to get a rise out of you, and from the looks of it, he's doing a good job. He's just some dick you happen to work with, who's opinion shouldn't matter on something you own and like. Ignore him and he will go away.



Rocky

This guy doesn't even deserve this much attention!

Ignore it, ignore him. This type of activity is a mental deficiency. Don't let your co-workers even think you are in the same game as him.

What's the saying? Never argue with a idiot, others may not be able to tell the difference

This guy doesn't even deserve this much attention!

Ignore it, ignore him. This type of activity is a mental deficiency. Don't let your co-workers even think you are in the same game as him.

What's the saying? Never argue with a idiot, others may not be able to tell the difference

Amen don't lower yourself to HIS level.

These thing have a way of escalating into someone getting shot now days.

simple..let HR know.. mr nutball will be looking for a jobby job..

Just ignore it. He's still doing it because you're still responding to it.

simple..let HR know.. mr nutball will be looking for a jobby job..

Exactly.:yes:

Nut job that he is, he has a little part of you figured out - he knows that you would be at a loss for a response. So you have helped his little mind to achieve control. At this point you could decide to completely ignore him and enjoy your car hobby - or you could pour it on and make him very sorry. Your choice, either way works.

Thomas

good god, how in the world can anyone let themselves get that fat

Some people can't help it.

all twelve of those ladies are hot, huh, you mean there is only four. :D

sounds like this guy is as immature as they get.

Brad, it's rather disturbing that you keep those lovely pictures on your computer. :p :D

Since its in the work place I would take him aside and let him know that 1) if it happens again you are report it as workplace harrassment and he can deal with HR and 2) if that doesn't solve the problem you and he might need to discuss it further sometime off-site. I had a client that drives a newer Mercedes and just does not get why I drive a 40+ year old car. He knows I can afford a new car if I want one. After the second time he told me, as "advise", that my image might be perceived better if I drove a "nicer" car I just explained to him that it was my choice, I had a "nice" car in my drive way when I needed one, and that most of the people I deal with know I am a gearhead and actually asked if something is wrong when I am NOT driving the Chevelle. After that we never had the conversation again. I think he may have asked others about this gearhead sickness because by the end of the project he actually asked for a ride and was impressed that a 40 YO could actually get out of its own way (may have had something to do with the secondarys opening on the 780 and all hell breaking loose in a car with poor interior insulation, and no back seats).

Well folks, I got my Chevelle in November.
I had several muscle cars in my younger days. And, at the age of 52, I decided it was time to get another one, so I bought this Chevelle.
This will be my last muscle car (I feel like I'm already "bonding" with it, if that makes any sense).
They just announced in my town that they will start having a "Classic Car Cruise In" the 3rd Friday of every month, starting in March. The wife is even looking forward to her and I regularly attending it in the Chevelle.
I've been having fun going into the garage in the evenings and on the weekends as I've started to refurbish it. I plan to get it in really sweet condition, and am presently redoing the interior (I'll be posting pictures out here in the near future).

I've proudly shown pictures of the car at work and have received several compliments from people. A guy I know with a 62 Impala SS came over to check it out and complimented me on it.

Then, a few weeks ago, a guy at work (who works a different shift than I do) started taking "pot shots" at the car by occasionally leaving certain comments and pictures up on a board for myself (and others) to see.
Knowing this guy's personality type, I thought maybe he was just busting my balls a little bit, and I took it good naturedly and left him a couple of notes in return.

Then, about a week ago, I realized the guy was just being a dick.
I came in to start my shift and he had posted on the board at work a picture from eBay of a 396 engine for sale and a picture of a Chevelle SS grill for sale and some accompanying comments implying that my Chevelle is a "phony" and not a muscle car because someone may have added the 396 engine or may have added some emblems or other parts. At this point, I'm not really sure what his problem is.

What's really ironic about this is that this guy is not into cars at all and knows nothing at all about muscle cars. Plus, he's never even seen my Chevelle in person.
He owns 2 vehicles...a junky beat up pick up truck and an older, junky car.

I've had 2 people at work tell me that this guy has a folder in a bag that he brings into work each day, and in this folder he actually has several pictures of Chevelles similar to mine and pictures of Chevelle parts that he has downloaded off of the internet...and this is a guy who is not into cars at all. The people who've told me about the "Chevelle folder" this guy has started keeping since I got my Chevelle have told me that he's just jealous and envious. The "Chevelle folder" actually sounds almost kind of psychologically weird to me.
The guy has even put a link on our computer at work to "tonyzump's" "Chevelle Clone For Sale" web site (a Chevelle Forum member).
He's actually posted this link at work and implied that my Chevelle is not really a Chevelle, but a "phony."
He seems to be taking satisfaction not just in dissing my car to me, but in dissing it to other people also.

Now folks, what do you make of such a guy?
Why does someone have to be such a jealous ignoramus and attempt to lessen my satisfaction and enjoyment of my car, and try his best to diss my car to other people?

I know this guy's personality, and he can be quite petty. But these latest antics of his seem to have taken pettiness to a new low.

-Greg

Opinions are like A HOLES we all have one.
If that is the only person that dislikes you for whatever reason?
You are not applying yourself. Screw him in the neck
I would not waste my time. He needs a life of his own

all twelve of those ladies are hot, huh, you mean there is only four. :D

Woah, Tom, we know you're newly single, but in the sea of women, you want the pan sized ones, not the record holder. :D

I've run into the same kinda guy you work with, Greg. I've had them get jealous that I've helped another co-worker build his dream truck. So it was a run of the mill old Dodge, doesn't bother me. It's got a 425hp 440 now, and he has a blast with it. The other guy still bags on it, but it's proven itself to be way more truck than the ones he buys new. I'd go with the gay porn subscription for the guy. :D

I worked with a dink just like that. I had a '68 Firebird convertible I was driving and fixing up. It wasn't very pretty but who cares. This dink commented all the time about when would I fix it up and that he was tired of it leaking oil onto the ground. The loser drove a rusted out Bronco (6 cylinder at that) and he was as fat as he was tall (and he was 6 ft 5). Guys at work called hime Yetti. Everybody knows one of that type. Just Darwin's way of keeping mankind in balance.

I agree with alot of others that posted to just ignore him. Once he finds out that it doesn't bother you he will just move on. Every workplace has idiots, he is just jealous. I would never, ever make a negative commnet about someone else's ride. If you are proud of it that is all that matters. Even if I don't care for the car or what they have done to it I will find something positive to comment on. I know every blemish on my cars, I don't need you to tell me about it.

When I see classic cars around I always invite them to our cruise night. Some may be in not so good shape and they are hesitant to show it. I tell them to bring it anyway, it doesn't matter. We are all out there because we like cars. Pop the hood and have a good time, who cares what others think.

Ignore him, he will go away.

Diamondback Rattlesnake in his desk drawer. If it gets him in the face, he not be laughin' when his head the size of a trampoline.

I think Phil's got a great idea. However, if diamond back rattlesnakes are in short supply, there is another crowdpleaser I've heard of.

Gather up a couple fresh dog turds in a plastic bag. Jam them up under his door handle of his car. Wipe off any excess so everything looks normal. Wait for quitting time and watch the fireworks. ;)

What's really ironic about this is that this guy is not into cars at all and knows nothing at all about muscle cars......

I know this guy's personality, and he can be quite petty. .

-Greg There's^ the things that stand out most to me about what you've said about this guy. I work with guys who are the same way. These guys have never restored a car themselves in their entire life, and yet they walk around saying that I am doing it all wrong, simply because I dared to bring pics of my car into work to show those people who have asked about it. They also never even owned an old muscle car since they were a teenager, and daddy bought them one waaaay back when.

Many of them are jealous, only because the woman they chose to be their wife is domineering, and controlling, and would never let them have any peace if they spent any of their money on an old muscle car. So we have what they themselves cannot have, and instead of them living with that, and simply admiring what we have, they get obsessed with petty jealousy. They're just plain kids in men's bodies. They never really grew up. They were emotionally dependent on their mommy and daddy, until they met controlling women who took over the role of parent, and now they allow them to rule with an iron hand. We have what they want, and they hate us for it. I work with a number of guys like this. It's really pretty pathetic. The really scary thing is that many of them have kids themselves who they're suppossed to be raising to become level headed adults some day.

But I agree with other's advice to just ignore this imbecile, and soon he will get tired of this game, and move onto another game. Games is all that he has, because he hasn't any peace at home.

sounds like this guy is as immature as they get.


those types are the most annoying to deal with. people just want to get by without problems-its as simple as that. we don't want trouble, every once in awhile you cross paths with that one insecure fool who feeds on negative energy-stay away. Dont stoop to his level-hes an idiot. And DON'T bring the car to work or anywhere else you think he may be, it's not worth destroying your new velle-because next thing you know he'll key your car and you'll get p0'd and kick his a$$ and end up getting arrested/trouble so it's not worth it. stay away-if it bothers you or escalates any more...HR, be up front with him, tell the boss, and finally serious legal action like a restraining order.

don't get your hands dirty becasue of this waste of a brain and body.:sad: good luck. :)

this guy diffenetly has a problem,and it borders on harrassment. be careful and dont lower yourself to this level. smile and enjoy the car and drive it like you stole it.

It amazes me that people like this still exist and function.
I worked with a guy once that tried telling me my 70 SS396 Canadian built car wasn't a real SS :rolleyes:

It's crazy isn't it Chris?

The guy, who normally works a different shift than me, happened to be on my shift for a couple hours right after I got the car. He walked by as I was telling a couple of coworkers about it. He said, "what'd you get." I replied "I got a 60's muscle car, a '68 Chevelle with a 396 in it." He stated "I didn't think Chevelles were even muscle cars, I thought they were just beaters...back and forth to work cars."
So he started dissing it from the get go, then about a week later he started leaving pictures and comments posted on a board in our work area about the car not being a "real" muscle car.
He has downloaded and printed several of the pictures of my car from TonyZ's website. He has the pictures in a folder along with some other pictures of Chevelle engines and parts that he has downloaded off of the internet. He keeps this folder in a work bag that he brings with him every day and occasionally puts a couple pictures up with a comment implying that mine is a "pretend" muscle car.

Apparently TonyZ still has my car listed for sale...with pictures...on his website, and this guy at work has placed a link on our computer to TonyZ's "Chevelle clone for sale" website with a post em note saying I didn't buy a "real" Chevelle.
And this guy, by his own admission knows nothing about cars and is not a "car guy."
The part about keeping the "Chevelle folder" sounds weird in a psychological way.

The guy is 40 years old and recently graduated from a 2 year community college program, that his elderly father and mother paid for.
He's had two failed relationships and his third and present relationship isn't going good.

The guy is obviously a jealous loser. But I think he's taking it to weird degrees with putting together a "Chevelle folder" and posting a desktop link to TonyZ's "Chevelle for sale" website (for whatever reason), when there's nothing about the car that concerns him whatsoever.
I don't really know what this rum dum's problem is, aside from jealousy.

-Greg

Go to your boss and tell him this needs to stop now. Right now, today.
What better day to quench it than Monday morning.

It's harrasment plain and simple.

Put your foot down before he drives you to do something you'll regret later.

This is serious. This is the kind of thing that can get dangerous if you play the game. Talk to your boss and/or HR person and let them know what's going on. Agree that you can't win here by playing his game. Go to management to protect yourself. Chances are they have already heard something from others about this and you need them on your side.

I have been both, a union steward AND mediator. This is serious. Protect yourself by going to management before you give him a reason to go to them about you. I have a feeling this has little to do with the Chevelle.

Steve

I didn't read this whole thread.
I sense another side to the story.
I may be wrong.
I hope so.

Otherwise, why can't you just ignore him?

I say... gather the horses, we ride tonight.

I work with a moron who sounds very similiar to your idiot co-worker. The guy is in his mid forties, single(surprise-surprise!), lives in a dump of a house, drives garbage for vehicles, yet still has the nerve to insult others about their vehicles, homes, etc. His personal hygeine is also not quite up to par if you know what I mean. He is a pathological lier to boot. The kind that always trys to make himself something that he is not. The idiot even takes pictures of women in porn, biker magazines and tries to tell you that he "picked this chick up while on vacation, etc." while showing you the picture. He is just a pathetic, lonely loser that has nothing in his life and wants others to be as pathetic as him. I personally don't even talk to the guy. I was told he was insulting my 69SS to other co-workers, calling it a clone, etc. (documented Canadian SS), until he was told that I had won peoples choice and competitors choice at his home town car show, then he kept his mouth shut. My co-workers know this guy is an idiot, as I am sure yours do. Just look at where it is coming from and ignore it.

Wise man say"

Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it,
piss on it and walk away;)

A visit to HR and tell them your being bothered in a public area at work by another employee, trust me it will stop.



Rocky

This is serious. This is the kind of thing that can get dangerous if you play the game. Talk to your boss and/or HR person and let them know what's going on. Agree that you can't win here by playing his game. Go to management to protect yourself. Chances are they have already heard something from others about this and you need them on your side.

I have been both, a union steward AND mediator. This is serious. Protect yourself by going to management before you give him a reason to go to them about you. I have a feeling this has little to do with the Chevelle.

Steve

I agree with Steve. Report it to your boss and/or HR. This is not normal jealousy - this guy has real mental problems, IMO.

Agreed with the responses above -

Have a talk with your HR rep IMMEDIATELY. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200 - go see your HR rep now!

This ain't your normal good-natured ribbing amongst the boys. This guy's over the edge.

Oh, and RE: Rattlesnake...

Whilst co-oping during college, I was working with a construction crew reading drawings (a lot of converting Metric to standard), laying out foundations, machinery, etc. Well, one morning, I open the door to the construction trailer - there's a coiled timber rattler just inside the door where I'm about to step!!! This elicited quite a holler from your's truly, and an enormous roar of laughter from about half the crew who were hidden in the trailer. They had killed it just outside the trailer about 30 minutes earlier, and decided to "pose" it to scare me. Did a fine job of it, too!!!

But, that was totally acceptable for one reason: Those guys are some of the best people I've ever worked with, personally and in their trades. They taught me more about construction that I ever would have dreamed I could know, and they remain some of my best friends today. Oh, and I'm lucky enough to still work with them! :)

ZACH

I agree that you should have a talk with HR just to get your complaint on record if nothing else. That way, if anything happens between you and him, you'll have it on record that there was a problem with this guy beforehand, and they won't be so quick to fire you. In the mean time, avoid him if you're able to. But if you have to talk to him in order to tie-in with him about work related matters, then you might want to take the opportunity to hold up one of the articles or pics that he hung up, and say to him .."Did you hang this up?"

Sometimes guys like this don't expect anyone to confront them, and when someone does, they're out of their comfort zone, and that may put an end to it. But if it doesn't, then you should just let it go. And if you do confront him, be direct and look him in the eye, but also be polite about it. Don't raise your voice or get threatening.

There are 2 guys that I work with who are exactly like this loser. One of them is in his mid 40's, is married and has 5 kids, a house and has a long history of being seen with women other than his wife, and the other who is also in his mid 40's is single, never been married, and still lives home with mommy.

So actually, I don't think that marital status matters in this case. Both of these guys like to draw pictures of fellow employees on their own shift as well as the other shifts, and hang them up on the wall for all three shifts to see. And these pictures that these morons draw usually have to do with personal things in peoples' lives that haven't anything to do with work, and they also often write captions underneath the pictures.

One of them went as far as to send teenage girl magazines to a middle aged single co-worker's house, just because he was dating a woman in her 20's. These guys get into everyone else's personal business. A 30 year old woman who used to work with them ended up transferring out of their department, because if she would take a few vacation days, she would return to work to find such things as a list written and placed up on the wall which included "8 reasons" why she wouldn't come to work.

Unfortunately there are people in the world, and in the workplace like this. They're big troublemakers, and they get away with it because people don't report them to HR. If that woman who was their co-worker did that instead of transferring out of their department, they would've stopped their antics a long time ago.

It's crazy isn't it Chris?

The guy, who normally works a different shift than me, happened to be on my shift for a couple hours right after I got the car. He walked by as I was telling a couple of coworkers about it. He said, "what'd you get." I replied "I got a 60's muscle car, a '68 Chevelle with a 396 in it." He stated "I didn't think Chevelles were even muscle cars, I thought they were just beaters...back and forth to work cars."
So he started dissing it from the get go, then about a week later he started leaving pictures and comments posted on a board in our work area about the car not being a "real" muscle car.
He has downloaded and printed several of the pictures of my car from TonyZ's website. He has the pictures in a folder along with some other pictures of Chevelle engines and parts that he has downloaded off of the internet. He keeps this folder in a work bag that he brings with him every day and occasionally puts a couple pictures up with a comment implying that mine is a "pretend" muscle car.

Apparently TonyZ still has my car listed for sale...with pictures...on his website, and this guy at work has placed a link on our computer to TonyZ's "Chevelle clone for sale" website with a post em note saying I didn't buy a "real" Chevelle.
And this guy, by his own admission knows nothing about cars and is not a "car guy."
The part about keeping the "Chevelle folder" sounds weird in a psychological way.

The guy is 40 years old and recently graduated from a 2 year community college program, that his elderly father and mother paid for.
He's had two failed relationships and his third and present relationship isn't going good.

The guy is obviously a jealous loser. But I think he's taking it to weird degrees with putting together a "Chevelle folder" and posting a desktop link to TonyZ's "Chevelle for sale" website (for whatever reason), when there's nothing about the car that concerns him whatsoever.
I don't really know what this rum dum's problem is, aside from jealousy.

-Greg


The Chevrolet Chevelle is not a muscle car....:clonk:. What kind of an idiot would say that??? as i too have been told that i am asking...If the 1970 chevelle ls6 or any chevelle at all isn't considered a "muscle car"-that'd be the day i would be left speechless. But I do note that fewer people know the chevrolet chevelle than other muscle cars like the goat, camaro, stang...why is that?

The best thing you can do is to "BE NICE" when you see him ask about his wife, his children, and BE NICE this will irk him to no end! Didn't you see ROADHOUSE? I do hope this is a 138 car and not a CLONE ,not that there is anything wrong with a clone as long as you tell those who ask.

Greg, you know what is worse than being talked about? Not being talked about.
Do you work for the Post Office?
Seriously, the gay porn magazine stunt is awesome. I never realized that you could get that much mileage for what? $12.00. I think I would follow up the magazine deal with some nice flowers on Valentines Day from "Leo" or "Butch".

This guy has a bad case of carburetor envy.

Wise man say"

Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it,
piss on it and walk away;)

Now that's good advice there, I may have found my new mantra.....:D

i think he has a crush on you..

This is serious. This is the kind of thing that can get dangerous if you play the game. Talk to your boss and/or HR person and let them know what's going on. Agree that you can't win here by playing his game. Go to management to protect yourself. Chances are they have already heard something from others about this and you need them on your side.

I have been both, a union steward AND mediator. This is serious. Protect yourself by going to management before you give him a reason to go to them about you. I have a feeling this has little to do with the Chevelle.

Steve

:yes:

What else haven't you told us? This guy has deeper issues that your employer should be aware could pose a real danger. This is not jealosy, and he does have a life - you and your Chevelle are "it". The thing about nutjobs is that it can be a random walk that determines their object of fixation - their version of reality is unhinged. What does happen on a regular enough basis is that their inner demon gets released and a sad news story is made. There is nothing you can do to "win" against an unstable mind - if you ignore him then he will still freely attack, if you do battle then the monster inside him will emerge. It doesn't matter what he might lose - he will still be a winner as long as he takes someone with him when he goes down.

Thomas

What else haven't you told us? This guy has deeper issues that your employer should be aware could pose a real danger. This is not jealousy, and he does have a life - you and your Chevelle are "it". The thing about nutjobs is that it can be a random walk that determines their object of fixation - their version of reality is unhinged. What does happen on a regular enough basis is that their inner demon gets released and a sad news story is made. There is nothing you can do to "win" against an unstable mind - if you ignore him then he will still freely attack, if you do battle then the monster inside him will emerge. It doesn't matter what he might lose - he will still be a winner as long as he takes someone with him when he goes down.

Thomas Hmmm.....I dunno...the picture you've painted is of a person who is ready to snap. One that's on the verge of a triggered reaction like a walking time bomb. But I'm telling you that there are several people that i work with who are just as childish, and just as spiteful and yes, just as jealous of others, and they've gone through their workplace antics for decades in the same state as they presently are. They're bitter inside, and they probably also have an inferiority complex as well, so they make continual efforts to not only hate others, but also to knock them and stab them verbally behind their back. Most of them are real cowards, and back right off when they're confronted in a mature fashion. They cannot handle adult like and mature confrontation, because they're used to talking behind peoples' backs, and never getting confronted, or are used to only completely irrational and out of control confrontations that are charged with emotion.

They cannot handle the adult type of behavior. However, there is also one of them that I work with who tries to provoke people in these types of ways that have been discussed here, in an effort to pick fights with other guys. This is the guy I mentioned who's well in his 40's and still lives with his mommy. But my point is, that none of these guys that I work with who are like this are ready to snap that I know of, because they've been like this towards many of their co-workers for years. And none of them need to have a deeper reason to be motivated to start their harrassment type of behaviour against a fellow worker than merely someone one time in their presence mentioning that they asked the boss for a raise, or that they are building a muscle car, or that they have a new lady friend, or anything that might lead to something positive for them. it just sets these guys off, and they begin hating someone for mentioning such things in their presence even if they weren't even speaking to them, but to a third person who happened to be in the same immediate area at the moment.

...There are several people I work with who are just as childish, and just as spiteful and yes, just as jealous of others...

Yeah Billy, there's one in every crowd (and at every workplace).
But, don't think that the situation I described is ongoing...it isn't.
The guy spent a few days running my car down, I pretty much ignored him and it stopped.
I just posted this thread to show how jealous and envious some people can be, and the lengths they'll go to to express that jealousy...instead of just saying..."hey, nice car man."

That's okay though. I spent today (my day off) working on the interior of my Chevelle in my garage and enjoying myself. Once I have my interior looking sweet, I'll start driving it to work now and then.
The jealous guy is 40 years old and just starting to barely get a toe-hold in life (after getting money from his elderly parents for some community college courses).
What's really ironic here is that this guy has a 12 year old Japanese cruiser motorcycle that he has fixed up to impersonate a Harley.

Someone else I work with who reads this forum suggested that I put a link to this thread on our computer at work...right next to the link that the jealous guy put up to "tonyzump's clone for sale" website...so that the guy can read for himself about 30 postings from other people telling him he's a jerk.

Well, the wife is watching her programs. I'm going to go sneak in a little more garage time.
I'll be posting pictures of my interior project shortly.

-Greg

Someone else I work with who reads this forum suggested that I put a link to this thread on our computer at work...right next to the link that the jealous guy put up to "tonyzump's clone for sale" website...so that the guy can read for himself about 30 postings from other people telling him he's a jerk.


-Greg

Don't do that. We don't need to attract any trolls or have TC drug into some work spat. Take the incident to your HR and be done with it.

Casually invite him to one of your local car meets and disparagingly let him know it's okay to wax up his old car or truck and bring it. Tell him that it's mainly just a good fellowshipping event and it's okay if he doesn't have a classic ride. Then just walk away.

I think the guys in need of a TUNE UP!!! If you know what I mean!!