How I got Back at Frick and Frack

It was actually the nickname of the two people I'm about to talk about.

I thought we were friends at one point in time.  I am still friendly with both when I do hear from them, but I keep that arm's length up.  

Frick and Frack were two women that are still close friends and actually work together in their group. They should because they are freakishly co-dependent and yet would throw the other under a bus.

I did most of Frick's work the first 2 years she started because she came up with the most insane excuses.  She went for a mammogram but she had to reschedule because nobody told her they moved the facility.  She went to over 20 some funerals the year that Covid hit and got into doctor's offices just like that when the rest of us had to wait our turn.  You could start a Twitter feed of all the excuses.  

Frack was an old timer even when I started, almost there 20 years and complained loudly about anyone.  It took some time to get to like Frack but I actually found some good moments with her.  I would get bawled out for the silliest stuff but she did it to everyone.

Over time, it became the three of us in our group.  We lost people to retirement and moving onto other jobs.  We were a little bit of a family in our own dysfunctional way.

The year I got sick was the year that Frick and Frack lost their dads.  Frick lost hers at the beginning of the year and Frack lost hers at the end of that horrible year.  I thought we were bonded over our loss and our sorrow.  I confided a lot to Frick and Frack.  Little did I realize that Frick was probably repeating this to our manager about my fears and worries about being sick.  She in particular was no friend to anyone.

I got assigned to a new person that Frick wanted and that was the realization that she was not a friend and was going to betray me.  She wanted a new person.  She was angry that I got the assignment.  

The person she wanted to work with was an idiot and never communicated with me.  She lasted 15 months and left a mess.  She basically took the job because she wanted to have her honeymoon in Greece.  I had no idea this woman was getting married and it was a week before.  I saw pictures of her fiancee and kids and I thought those were her kids.  Nope.  We were standing in a meeting and when it got brought up, I asked, you're getting married?  You aren't married already?  I was the only one that didn't know and I was her damn assistant.  Frick knew and the other assistant in our group knew.  Why?  Because they're gossips.  After that, this woman talked to me less and when she gave her notice, she hid out at home and would pretend she didn't see me when she would walk in for the day.  It was awesome.

I had Frick throwing daggers at me while this happening.  She reported me for not cleaning up some closed files with my last assignment.  They weren't high priority but she felt the need to report me and I didn't get scolded just a reminder.  I watched Frick laugh about it at the copier the following Monday with Frack while I sat there and watched.  Do people think I have a hearing problem?  I heard it loud and clear.

Of course I was hurt but I wasn't shocked. I fought with Frick when she had first started about her attendance. She was given priority to take time off when I had to move the second year in a row.  I told her you don't work a full week so why do you get preference?  Yeah, I said what a lot of people thought over the years.  Someone kept a spreadsheet of all of our attendance and they had Frick at 39 days two years in a row and guess who was the back up?  Me.  I have been more than gracious with Frick so if I let a smart ass comment slip by, it was long time coming.

I used to go on my walks with Frick and Frack and I was getting tired of it because it did seem like I was getting yelled at for things I said in meetings or in passing.  So, I decided to go for my own walk. I was done.  I was so grateful for the friendship and having someone to talk to that I thought I probably got thrown under the bus so many times.  Neither of them are loyal.

When they realized that I wasn't around for a walk, they were surprised. I made up an excuse and said I wanted to go earlier in the afternoon. I like to listen to my music.  I just wanted to be alone.  I didn't say that part, but it really took Frick by surprise.  She kicked me repeatedly and even after that, so why did she think I wanted to hang out with her?  Yeah, stab me some more and I'll tell you about my sad childhood, backstabbing biddy.  

I used to drop off magazines for Frack because of her dad.  He would read them during dialysis and I knew how it sucked waiting for appointments.  After his passing, I gave them to her and she would take them to her daughter as well.  I was giving magazines after they started being mean to me and I thought why am I doing it? 

I found out that the hospital that I went for cancer treatment took magazine donations and I contacted someone who was more than happy to take them.  I had to drive to a different location but it was my pleasure to bring them for someone who would appreciate it. I did it for maybe 2 plus years until Covid hit.  I even bought stuffed animals for the little ones at Christmas time for donations.  I made that suggestion for us to do that before we all got sent home and Frick and Frack loved that idea.  Little did they realize that's where the magazines went. I never got asked about the magazines.  Probably because they knew they pushed their luck with me.

I would like genuine friendship. I want someone to have my back and I'd have theirs. I had Frick and Frack's back and they just stabbed me in mine.  

When I got separated from them, it was the happiest day  Kind of a shock that neither of them take the time to keep in touch everyday now that they can't use me?  

Now they're stuck with each other, throwing each other under the bus.  I bet they got their own bus routes by now . . .