Always leave them laughing...

I have never understood the intentions of those people, who when asked to leave a job or who leave on their own accord, have to stir up a shit storm of trouble to be cleaned up by those who remain. Case in point: In my capacity as the Care Management Supervisor, I have to work with many outside provider agencies and I've always tried to keep those working relationships as professional as possible. Recently, one of these agencies had a long time employee who just up and lost his fool mind. I don't know all of the details that led to him storming off the job (nor do I want to know the details...) but in his wake he has accused his former employer and co-workers of negligence and abuse. He's called the state licensing board causing them to come down from on high in mass proportions and launch full blown investigations. He's showed up here at my office demanding to meet with me, unannounced, uninvited and unwelcome. He's called his former co-workers at their place of work and at their homes. He's written letters to god knows how many people and just in general has been behaving badly. All of which just goes to show what a loose cannon he is but also all of which creates a mountain of work for those left behind to clean up the hellish damage he's done.

This isn't the first time I've seen this happen. Someone goes off on a toot, quits or gets fired, and their first reaction is to seek revenge. It's crazy and, quite frankly, pisses me off. And I have to ask myself, for what? What purpose does all this bull serve? None of what this nut job is saying is true so it's not going to hurt his former employee. And it certainly can't be helping him get another job in the care giving field. I think I'm witnessing a man self destruct on a grand scale. It's too bad too. It's hard seeing someone heading down the road to ruin without being able to point out to them where they took the wrong turn.