Pre-empt!

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I have been working under short term contract for a few different workplaces at the same time lately. Why? Because I am curious of how different workplaces run their businesses. Because they needed someone to help them out desperately at the time, and I happened to feel obliged to help. At one workplace, there is this staff who has tried her best to oust me for the last three months or so. Her method has been really sophisticated and almost like a crushing/squeezing torture device, a bit tighter and harsher every week. Problem is, I was not too intelligent to really understand the situation. But when a series of mishaps always happened on the day I supposed to work there (we take turns to cover that unit), I began to feel puzzled. Yesterday when I came to work, I was ready for another series of mishaps which that staff never failed to organize in advance for me, so that I could be blamed for. (So far, I had managed to neatly avoid the pits she had dug for me weekly to fall in, but last week, I was not that lucky. Let say that the damage spreaded to others and no one was happy with the outcome.) I thought lots about what had been going on and became a bit angry. I don't really need that job. I was there only because they had headhunted me for my special knowledge and expertise. I had planned to blow up yesterday if another trap was set for me by that mental staff. Surprise surprise! All honey and sweetness awaited me yesterday (instruction as normal via emails)! Of course, there was a tiny booby trap there but nothing terribly deadly. Like a volcano about to be erupted and spilt over, I had been ready to give that workplace a piece of my mind then walk out, but instead, I was pre-empted! I spent the day yesterday in an amused state, but pleased that nothing bad had happened. Have you ever been unlucky enough to have such a work colleage who constantly set traps to discredit you? NB. From what I found out, the supervisor and other staff had realized right at once that the chaos which happened last week could not have been caused by me. Hurrah for that.