Some people need someone to keep an eye on them because they cannot be
trusted to be there and to do the job properly. I used to work with a
guy who was paranoid and secretive. He didn't want to work with anyone
else and he didn't want any of us to know where he was working or what
he was up to. Since we were in an enforcement unit it is only natural
that we would be curious and figured out what he was up to.
While we worked a four day work week he stuck to the 5 days, 8 hours a
day, so he was supposed to start an hour later than us and finish an
hour earlier. That ensured that he would never be assigned to work with
anyone else, so no one should know what he was up to. Occasionally I
would have to stick around the office to do something or had car
problems and this guy would show up at least an hour after his start
time. Then there were the times that I had to get back to the office
early to do paperwork and he would be long gone as much as an hour
before his quitting time. Yet, his paperwork was show that he was doing
an inspection at a location 20 miles away that did not end until after
the time he had left for the day.
I can see how Kuthe would be troubled by this type of supervision. He
has already be censured for having abandoned one of his charges.