TM Response #398 - What's the worst job you've ever had?
Technically it wasn't a "job", but it's the closest I'll come for a while. But it was when I was partnered with Herve for a project in science class.
Partnering up with Herve wasn't my idea; Jeremie and I had always been lab partners since we were in the same science class. But Mrs. Hertz decided to change things around a bit for this project and assigned everyone different partners. Herve was (and still is, to an extent) one of Sissi's cronies, and while my friends and I have pretty much made our peace with her, Herve is another story. He's one of the few students in our grade that is as smart as Jeremie and I are and so Herve has pretty much installed himself as Jeremie's rival. It didn't help that Herve has a not-so secret crush on me, either. Unfortunately the project counted for a good portion of our grade, too, so I had to just grin and bear it for the next four weeks.
It was the longest four weeks of my life.
The entire time that Herve and I were working together on our project he never wasted an opportunity to insult Jeremie or to insinuate that he was better than Jeremie was. And on the rare occasions that he wasn't doing that, he was trying to impress me, flirt with me and ask me out. There were some points where I felt as if I was the one doing all the work.
Fortunately I only had to put up with Herve as my lab partner for those four weeks, then everything went back to normal once we handed our final project in.
Partnering up with Herve wasn't my idea; Jeremie and I had always been lab partners since we were in the same science class. But Mrs. Hertz decided to change things around a bit for this project and assigned everyone different partners. Herve was (and still is, to an extent) one of Sissi's cronies, and while my friends and I have pretty much made our peace with her, Herve is another story. He's one of the few students in our grade that is as smart as Jeremie and I are and so Herve has pretty much installed himself as Jeremie's rival. It didn't help that Herve has a not-so secret crush on me, either. Unfortunately the project counted for a good portion of our grade, too, so I had to just grin and bear it for the next four weeks.
It was the longest four weeks of my life.
The entire time that Herve and I were working together on our project he never wasted an opportunity to insult Jeremie or to insinuate that he was better than Jeremie was. And on the rare occasions that he wasn't doing that, he was trying to impress me, flirt with me and ask me out. There were some points where I felt as if I was the one doing all the work.
Fortunately I only had to put up with Herve as my lab partner for those four weeks, then everything went back to normal once we handed our final project in.