showdown with Mojo Jojo
I wasn’t in my finest mood when I entered the lab this morning, only to become worse when I discovered that one of my notebooks that I needed was missing from my workbench (I have fuckloads of notebooks, you see…). I searched high and low for it, and when I was about to give up and report the incident to the security, Mojo Jojo suddenly appeared out of nowhere and said to me:
Mojo Jojo: “Hey Michael. I took one of your notebook this morning… I wanted to ask you but you weren’t around…”
He was referring to that missing notebook I was looking for. That warranted me a flip out.
Me: “So it was you! Have you got any idea how much trouble you have caused me?? I was looking all over the place for this damn thing! You could have called me or something!”
Mojo Jojo: “Errr but you weren’t around this morning, so I thought…”
Me: “That’s why I said, YOU COULD HAVE CALLED! That’s what cellphones are for! To look for someone when they aren’t around! I could be at anywhere else… even taking a dump, you could have still called and I would have been informed instead of doing all these unnecessary searching!”
Of course I lied. I don’t take phone calls and dumps at the same time… I was just illustrating a point.
Me: “Besides, what kind of a retard are you to take someone else’s stuff first and only to ask for their permission later?”
Mojo Jojo: “I’m sorry… I didn’t thought it would be like this.”
Me: “Yeah right, this is not the first time you’ve done this, fucker. I still remember the last time you filched an AC adapter from me and slapped a sticker on it claiming that it’s yours…”
I agree that it was very cheap of me to dig up his past like this. But I was flipped out, so it’s justifiable.
Mojo Jojo: “No I didn’t! I just slapped the sticker but I didn’t take it!”
Me: “Whatever, imbecile. Maybe the AC adapter magically crawled by itself onto your desk and made everyone misconstrue about the whole incident. Or maybe you’re just fucked up.”
Something unexpected happened after I said that. His expression changed for the first time (in his life, I think). The ‘fucked up’ phrase somehow triggered something in him… which I think must have reminded him some of his troubled past…. sexual abuse by his stepdad perhaps?
Mojo Jojo: “You know what? You’re fucked up too.”
Me: “Oh, you’re talking back, an improvement I see. Well, if you want to put it that way, then you must on a grander scale in terms of fucked-up-ness. I’m not even anywhere near you.”
Mojo Jojo: “You’re more or less the same. That’s what I think.”
Me: “Oh yeah? Let’s see. You’re the one who got demoted and transferred into this ‘nobody’ hellhole. You’re the one who got the worst review in the whole workgroup. You’re the one who DO NOT EVEN KNOW how to make a proper presentation… Who’s more fucked up here? I can list out more…”
Mojo Jojo: “Hey! this is wayyyy out of the topic now, ok??”
He hissed at me, like an alpha male baboon showing his hostility after got challenged in his own territory. He could have continued to retort if he had a coherent opinion about how right he was about me being more or less as fucked up as him… but he couldn’t. All he could do was to think of a desperate way to steer clear of the topic, after realizing that he has got a lot more worms to be dug compared to the rest of the guys in the lab - which must be kinda embarrassing in a way.
Me: “Sure man. Out of the topic. Hmmpppfhh. Maybe I should just stop talking about that and cut you some slack. Let’s stick back to ‘the topic’… how about - DO NOT FUCKING TAKE MY STUFF AT YOUR OWN LIBERTY AND ONLY ASK LATER!”
Mojo Jojo: “Alright, alright, I made a mistake about that one.” [he toned down]
Me: “You tell me, motherfucker. Do you see me stealing your stuff and ask you later? Oh I forgot, I’m not as fucked up as you. Maybe you should try to learn how to be more ethical next time.”
Mojo Jojo: “Ok, I was fucked up. Are we done now?”
Of course I was done. What else have I got against a degenerate not worthy the attention of a zoo animal? I was already doing him a favour by yelling at him. Maybe that was the fucked up side of me he was talking about… I should have fucking reported to the security and let him have it the hard way by himself. Yeah… I’m so gonna fucking do that next time.

