The Cellar - View Single Post - Narcissistic Personality Disorder (a novella, sorry)

Undertoad · 10-06-2015, 10:22 PM

I'll go on, because who knows how long this stuff will be fresh on my mind.

I remember thinking this might be a tough ride during the first week. One day two I heard NPD guy yelling, on the phone, at a customer service person for his bank.

He was pulling out all the stops, "Well would they like it if I came down there and took all my money out of my accounts??" and other such really bullshit things angry people say to customer service people over the phone.

But maybe he was having a bad day himself. No, he's just that way. He doesn't need to treat others as human beings. They are just tools to get what he wants.

~

A few days later he asked if I had an eBay account, and could I get two of our office phones. He gave me the company credit card. I bid on and won the phones, but only then figured out that I couldn't pay with someone else's card, only my own. This was bad because I was broke; and furthermore the company was notoriously bad at reimbursements for our office, being on another continent. I had committed to spending over $100 I didn't have. I hadn't even gotten a paycheck yet.

I explained this to NPD guy and he told me to just not go through with the deal. I said "Well then the seller will give me a negative, and I have a 100% rating." "Well now it'll be 99%," he replied, walking away.

I wound up buying the phones and selling them back out.

10-06-2015, 10:22 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'll go on, because who knows how long this stuff will be fresh on my mind. I remember thinking this might be a tough ride during the first week. One day two I heard NPD guy yelling, on the phone, at a customer service person for his bank. He was pulling out all the stops, "*Well would they like it if I came down there and took all my money out of my accounts??*" and other such really bullshit things angry people say to customer service people over the phone. But maybe he was having a bad day himself. No, he's just that way. He doesn't need to treat others as human beings. They are just tools to get what he wants. ~ A few days later he asked if I had an eBay account, and could I get two of our office phones. He gave me the company credit card. I bid on and won the phones, but only then figured out that I couldn't pay with someone else's card, only my own. This was bad because I was broke; and furthermore the company was notoriously bad at reimbursements for our office, being on another continent. I had committed to spending over $100 I didn't have. I hadn't even gotten a paycheck yet. I explained this to NPD guy and he told me to just not go through with the deal. I said "Well then the seller will give me a negative, and I have a 100% rating." "Well now it'll be 99%," he replied, walking away. I wound up buying the phones and selling them back out.