The Bitter Boor

The Bitter Boor, or BB for short, is someone I work with in the world of criminal justice consulting. She is a poor man's consultant, does not have my drive or experience, is about 25 years older than I, and is about as loud, negative, and ignorant as any one human being can be. It is infuriating especially when she comments on the lack of quality in others' work when her own work product sucks. At the moment, I have to do a clean up job on a case they took away from her stupid ass because she sucks. Of course, she tells herself that she's so great that they threw her out of our unit because she is too good and it's intimidating to others.

Here's another visual so that you get a mental image of what this woman looks like. She is easily topping the scale at over 200 pounds. She dresses like a factory worker complete with sneakers, Dickie's type khaki pants, and short-sleeved, cotton collar shirts in outdated plaid and floral prints. Oh yes, the shirts are loose, not tucked in, entirely too casual, and have front pockets similar to men's shirts. If it wasn't for the bright colored patterns, I'd think she bought them in the men's department.

Here's the fashion kicker. When she goes to court, she dresses her factory-worker-not-so-chic garb with a denim jacket that has little embroidered flowers all over it. She puts the jacket on because we're required to wear a jacket when we appear in court. Of course, what the office has in mind is the type of tailored jacket that goes with the business suit you should be wearing. It boggles the mind that she is allowed to get away with what she does except that she claims she's deaf in one ear (I don't believe that for a minute) and she's just about at retirement age.

I had tried to befriend The Bitter Boor because initially I thought she was an experienced professional who could show me the ropes of the unit we work in but I couldn't have been more mistaken. It turns out that her caustic personality and loud, shouting, can't-ever-admit-she's-wrong behavior alienates everyone. She finally got kicked out of the unit a few months back and they moved her back where she came from. Of course, they had kicked her out four years ago and were sick when they found out she was returning.

Last week, I had it out with BB, went to the head of my unit, and BB got in some hot water. I hear that she's pissed beyond belief because I used against her information that she told me in confidence. That is true. She told me some stuff that, when she pissed me off and tried to undermine the work I am doing on one of her previous cases, I used against her.

Technically, I did betray her trust and that wasn't very nice of me. Truth be told, it makes me feel gross and a little trepidation because I shared things with her, too. The difference is that she shared things with me that she does that are strict violations of company policy. I shared gossip and opinions about things that go on in my unit. BB could use that stuff against me but there isn't anything I can do about that now but wait and see what happens.

The good news is that I'm out of there for a couple of weeks. I so need the break. Those people are insane and The Bitter Boor is the leader of the crazy pack.