In 7 days, this time next week, I will know my start date for my new job. Biding my time at my current place of employment has been pretty difficult. All of the corporate crap that I thought of occassionally has been coming to a head and just aggravating the hell out of me.I took a couple of days off to regroupand went back in today with a great attitude. My boss didn't caremuch for me calling off for 2 days butI knew there wasn't a lothe could do about it because I don't call offhardly ever, this is probably the 3rd time in8 months. Ibelieve he was ready to fire me but all hecould come up with by 4pmtoday was to talk about my potential attendanceissue. It was very difficulttokeep astraight face as Iexplained I would do better in the future. He then went on to say several employeeshave complained to him about my attitude. I admit I have had a negative attitudefor the pastfew weeks – butit was only towards him due to his poor attention to supporting my department.Looking back, I put on quite a show for him,I was so apologeticand explained "I definitely did not intend to comeoff that way andI would never intentionally disrespect my coworkers". I explained I believed Ihad a good repoir with mycoworkers and I asked for examplesso I would not make the same mistakes . . . (by the way, this is a perfect corporate response to an issue when there are "several" or "everyone says" . . he stammered and suddenly "several" became "acouple" and I knowthe only oneI have shown an attitude towards was him. I justfigure he must have a mousein his pocket LOL. He has such the little man syndrome, nearly half my age – he has some authority as given to him by the company (definitely not earned) and tries to state how things are going to be, but he doesnt have near the experience or confidence to pull it off. I am quite sure he knows that he doesn't and can't scare me. I have way more corporate behavior knowledge and know how to utilize it well. Anyway, I have manged to hang in there for several weeks now, knowing I have full time, higher pay, better benefits, etc in a few weeks. I have made it this far by not telling the boss that I was leaving soon anyway and where to stick it, or taking it personal and walking out due to emotional distress (which I have discovered is not the best way to be). I am still working on being the best person I can be and I will again be successful.