I know about it because he is in my lab. Our offices share a wall. We do field work together. I went out with him the other day to set up his plots that should have been done over a year ago. And once we got there he had no clue of how big he wanted them to be etc... All of this information should have been decided before we ever went to the field.

He is rude in that he is smug. He has traveled all over the world with money he admittedly got from selling drugs. So he hates the food here and complains about it all the time. He hates anything main stream and gives you crap about liking any food that isn't up to par for him. Hates any music that isn't considered intellectual. Argues about semantics if you accidentally slip up and use the wrong word. He will drill you for it for several minutes before shutting up.

And then there are the little things like singing very loudly in the lab all day (he has a crappy voice). He chose the office right next to our work station. I am in forestry and my lab work consists of chopping up logs with a hatchet and a band saw. Then he has the nerve to yell at me for being too loud......there are plenty of other spaces open that he didn't have to choose that space.

If he put half as much time and energy into work as he does into going against the grain he might actually get stuff done. He will take 20 mins out of his day to rattle off excuses or lame reasons as to why he shouldn't have to do a certain homework when he could have just had it done in the time it took him to complain!

I just all around cannot STAND working with him.