Mr. Big Ego.

I recently had a run-in with one of those "over self confident" guys. You know the type, the guy who think he knows everything about everything and as a result he thinks he is in charge of it all.

This guy had the nerve to to tell me that because he was part of the "lead" team, he would do what ever he wanted. This was after I had told him that my team would take the night shift for the next round of training. To quote him, "We are the lead team, so we will take whatever shift we want." It was all I could do not to reach over the desk and snatch him out of his chair. I held my self together and let it stand for the moment.

The next morning, I made a smart-ass comment about his team doing all the plans, since they are the lead team. He apologized for his attitude and ended up buying me lunch. Not a bad ending to a really rough start, but we will see how things progress as we get closer to "go" time.

If you are one of these guys, figure a way to check yourself. Because the urge to beat the attitude out of you is very strong.