We have a social committee at work, who organises a bunch of events, and which I am a part of. As with any group, there are people who contribute more effort, and there are people who contribute less. It is a voluntary thing, and we don't get paid for it - and it also takes up time at work (and lately, I've been staying back late to make up for the time I spend on social committee things). It wouldn't be so bad that some people are not contributing much except for two things: 1. Some people are assigned tasks, and rather than let someone know if they're too busy to do them, they just leave them unfinished until it's too late. 2. At the end of the year, everyone on the committee gets a voucher, and it's the same amount regardless of the amount of work you actually did.
There is a guy on the committee who does not do tasks, and constantly complains he's busy. It's fine that he's busy, but then you have to wonder why he's on the committee if he never has time for anything. It's stressful for the people who have to take over his tasks at the last minute, because we usually find out too late that it hasn't been done - e.g. no ice has been ordered for the drinks tubs. Drinks arrive. Wait and wait and wait for the ice. Eventually decide that the drinks will not be cold in time, so a bunch of people have to find 20+ bags of ice. He shows up 2 hours later, "Sorry guys, I was too busy to order the ice."
It is at the point where we want to ask him to leave the committee (politely). Someone has volunteered to do it, but is really stressing out over it, because they hate confrontations. We all work in the same building, and who knows when our teams are going to need to work together. It just seems like it will create a heap of trouble. Why not just avoid assigning him any tasks and make sure he doesn't join next year? I was perfectly happy to do this, until he said he was unable to make a lunch time committee workshop as he had something really important on. I wasn't able to make it either, as I had something with my team, and I happened to see him leave the building. I needed cash from the ATM, so I was able to see that he just walked into a cafe, ordered a sandwich and a coffee, and sat there eating and drinking by himself. I had asked him earlier in the week, and he said to me that he was free on Thursday. For him to pull his "I'm so busy" routine again, only to be sitting and eating his lunch by himself annoyed me. Especially when everyone else has been giving up multiple lunch breaks to work on this.
One of the tasks he has been assigned is to take photos at some of our events. I've seen him with his camera taking photos, but strangely, I've never seen one of his photos. He has been asked to share these photos with everyone else, but claims he's too busy to upload them. You can tell that I've been spending too much time on Reddit when my first thought is that he might just be using this as an excuse to take creepy photos. But let's say, hypothetically, that I went in search for such photos, and I am fairly certain I found them.
In my head, I can see this playing out so easily. I just walk by his desk, and say his username in such a way that anyone else would think I'm just saying something to myself, but he will hear. Then, in a later conversation, I'll suggest that he should leave the committee. That way nobody has to stress over finding a way to ask him nicely, and he won't be causing trouble.
Then I realised, it's probably not a wise idea to cross this guy. In the words of Lucius Fox:
"Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands; and your plan, is to blackmail this person?"So I ask you, would you do it?
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