The "Co-worker"

My team at work consists of people working in Tysons Corner, ATL, and Kansas City. For the most part everyone does their fair share and we communicate really well with each other despite working in remote locations. I use the word "Most" because there is one senior teammate that does not fall in this category.

He is also one of the only team members that I haven't met face to face. He is a talented individual, but that is only when we can get in contact with him. Sometimes, I refer to him as the "legend" because everybody has so many stories about him, most not positive. One of these stories is the famous fall.

There was some trouble with the systems and the team needed for him to get in contacted because he was the only one that had access. the manager of our team called him a few times, to every number that he had listed in his contact page. No word from him for hours. Of course during this time, the team finally figured out to solve the problem. The infamous coworker calls the manager back and apologizes. Apparently he had fallen off the stairs and was knocked out cold. When he regained consciousness, the first thing he decided to do was call the manager instead of a doctor/hospital. I guess it "could" happen, but with all legends, there isn't just one story. Another more recent story was when we were all suppose to meet in the D.C. area for some training. I was looking very forward to meeting him for the first time. I mean I've heard so much about him, I was eager to place the face to the legendary figure. Well, the week of the training he never showed up. We later find out that he did end up making it to the D.C. area, but he got into a motorcycle accident and broke his shoulder. He wanted to see his doctor, so he immediately drove 13+ hours back to ATL without telling anyone.

To this day, he still is an enigma and still makes stories that are worth wild to tell to all of our future grand kids.

In other news, my manager told me that he is speaking to the department director about trying to transfer me. The director will soon initiate contact with the director of Japan's operations to see if there are any potential opportunities for me. I hope something positive will come from this. In the mean time, I am thinking I will start posting my resume out on some of the Japanese Job boards.

がんばれ！