Yet More Work Issues.....

A lad I work with, who started out doing the same work as me, got promoted to new job, which wasn't advertised to anyone else in the building, within a week of starting work on the grounds that he complained about finding the work boring. As far as I can tell, his new job consists entirely of making posters and sending group e-mails all day and seems suspiciously like it's been made up to keep him happy. The guy spends all day talking to our boss and brownnosing, whilst blatantly slagging her off behind her back. This guy really is a sycophant, to the point where he sees her out of work, has pet names for her husband and mother, does errands for her, yet he unashamedly disses her behind her back at every available opportunity. Now he's got himself in with the boss and the other head honcho whose assistant he technically is, he's started criticizing other, more senior members of the team for their workrate. He's so tight with the managers that he's already had two people hauled in for a disciplinary hearing merely for questioning the need for some of the work he does or pointing out that he's out of order to tell people to work more.

Sounds like a d*ck, right?

Did I mention he happens to be gay?

The fact is the guy's not only gay, but camp as hell with it. I find his blatant twofacedness abhorrent in the extreme and I'm not alone in thinking that he's brownnosing his way to the top with a healthy dose of positive discrimination. While I haven't been privy to these meetings, I'm fairly certain that both times he's complained about people, judging by the severity with which they were treated the word "homophobia" has been brought up, even though both incidents were the result of legitimate concerns. He seems willing to make formal complaints at the drop of a hat (something that most peop[le woudl be embarassed to do), like he's had a lifetime's experience of playing the system.

My problem here is that I can't decide if I've got a legitimate concern about this individual or I'm simply a homophobe. I consider myself to be a liberal, tolerant almost to a fault. However, I have to admit that I did dislike this guy from the moment I met him. Quite simply, his personality and nature grate on me something chronic and, now I find myself questioning whether my concerns are motivated by a genuine sense of injustice or a more malevolent side of my personality that I've failed to acknowledge.

Thoughts, anyone?

Two-facedness is a problem, but not quite as bad as the screaching campness. Do you know if others are getting sick of it?