To find colleague a bit irritating

[Aceofbase00]

It's in a care home role, I was here for a year, left and I started back recently. There's a man here who's since started as a carer, he seemed pleasant and welcoming.
He knows I used to work here and and have had other care experience.
Anyway most residents are no longer here sadly, but a couple are. I'm getting to know the new ones.
He's taken upon himself to be some sort of mentor, which is good and bad. It's a bit irritating as he keeps saying "you're new, you're a learner, you're new."
Keeps telling me, 'right we're going to do xyz', and it's always 'no that's not like that, no wait I'll do it, no that's wrong, no let me show you."
Just constant little corrections.
Stating the obvious, "Make sure you're gentle with her, make sure you don't do it too quickly."
He even told me to get some fresh air and said 'because fresh air is good for you you know'.
I reminded him earlier that I've already worked here and done this job before.

I really like the slang Scottish expression you allways get someone try put tits on a snake,

L.o.l 😁😁

I have never heard of expression before..

i agree sooner or later come across some right tits in life .

I volunteer and have leaned to treat “difficult” people like NPCs - you know the non-playing characters in video games that only say pre-loaded sentences when you interact with them?

I know I can’t change them so I just play along and see what wacky sentences I can get them to come out with. It’s good fodder for conversation when I get home to DP.

We have a martyr who is always the hardest worked, the coldest, been there the longest.. when she comes along it’s time to play Victim Bingo!

@OriginalUsername2 oh I love a good game of victim bingo. As much as I usually can't be arsed it passes the time.

OK so when we say "they'd be enough to put tits on a snake" it means a person who drones on and on. Always right and actually boring as fuck hence a snake would grow tits listening to their shite.

When we say "they're as much use as tits on a fish" means well exactly that....of no use.

@Keyansier and @OriginalUsername2

That literally makes no sense.

@Fraine fair enough

A bit irritating, that would infuriate me

Start repeating the phrases back to him a few hours later.

I’d laugh and tell him “I know Steve, I have worked in care homes since Jan 2017 (for example)”

repeat and repeat and repeat until he is sick of hearing it.

You could combine this with looking at him coolly and saying

I think it mat be along the lines of "don't tell your grandmother how to suck eggs" 😅

Love it!