What To Do?

LoanShark

HI,
Last Year i was working for a company that supplied into the food industry,One of the customers that was in my area and I built up a good relationship and he spoke to me about coming to work for him as a manager in his unit,He spoke about expanding the business and doing lots of new and interesting Ideas etc...At the time I wasn't sure if it was what I wanted to do,I had decided to not bother about it and moved on within my work..Our relationship had still stayed strong and I helped him out of many a sticky situation..The Odd time he would bring it up in converstaion but I would play it down..At the start of this year I went away traveling and he knew this..when I was away he sent me a text out of the blue saying that "Your Dream Job Awaits You When You Get Back" Again I had thought about it and again I dismissed it, but over time I had kinda warmed to the idea.
(moving on)
When I got back from the trip (I had quit my previous job before going) I went to see this guy and he had still the same Ideas and plan for the future..And he spoke to me about coming to work for him,I said I would and I told him that to put something on paper and get back to me..A Month Passed and he never bothered returning to me..I had called him but he was all talk about systems and other stuff never really got to contract etc..So Again I moved on, I got a temp job (3months) and as I had just started The guy came back to me and now he was being serious in the ambitious way! The contract job wasn't all that I had hoped it would be and I felt that maybe going to work for him would give me the change to see if I could do well in it... So I told him that i was gonna work for him and that I would start in September..I fully commited myself to going to him,I started to do small bits of work for him,(on the side of my other job) I got in contact with suppliers and started working on new menuy ideas etc..He offered to pay me a retainer when I started working for him in Sept. We had various meeting etc over the last two months and on our last meeting he said that maybe we should work some weekend before I start 'just to get the hang of things' I said that really i couldn't commit to that because of my current contract not allowing me to do other work etc. and also because of Family commitments.. That meeting was three weeks ago.... Yesterday I rang him to start the ball rolling in regard of me coming to work.. and he couldn't talk,He told me that he would ring me later that day(he didn't) So This Morning I rang him and he basically flipped over the fact that I hadn't rang him in three weeks and that this was unacceptable and that he had moved on and had promoted a current member of staff to supervisor and that I should have rang him over the last few weeks and kept in contact..etc.. I was extremly annoyed at him for the way he was with me..As I have said I had helped this guy out loads of times and this is how he treated me..He went on to say that at any point did I not think that it was aprioate to call him at some point over the three weeks..I admitteed that yeah I should have,But I also pointed out that as a boss he should have made a phone call too...Anyway he got into talking about how now everything is to wrote down and that it should be made legal etc..(I should point out that prior to this everything has been verbal contract)...I'm meeting him this evening and I don't know weather to bother or not.. By the way this morning went it is evidant that our relationsihp is 'tarnished' by this.. I had told him that as far as I would be concerned that this is just a Hiccup and should be built upon..
Now two hours later I am unsure if I'll even bother with him and the job,The only thing is that it is a guarantee I would start in September..Job, current climate etc..
But what do you think??
I hope I've made it kinda clear of the chain of events that happened...

AARRRGH

He sounds like a complete bull****ting, timewasting, Walter Mitty type.

This is going to sound crazy, but as I read your post I kept thinking "he's gay and he fancies you, there is no job". I haven't slept properly in a few weeks though, so maybe that's the brain damage talking!

Anyway, he's clearly a disaster and I would run a mile.

LoanShark

Your opening line is probably more closer to what I have thought..in the past..

LoanShark

HI,
Just to let you know... I took the job last Monday and quit this Monday.. AAAAARRRGH was right..

Serafijn

About the timewasting, or about the gay thing..?

LoanShark

SerafijnAbout the timewasting, or about the gay thing..?

Timewasting!!!