He is supremely unsympathetic to this sort of complaining, to be honest.

'Yeah, me an' all. Though instead of making stuff for Halloween, I've got 'em making a dog's dinner of every investigation on the books.'

Which is perhaps a little harsh, but there are days Gene really doesn't feel kindly disposed towards Chris at all.

'Train someone up, if you don' like it. Choose who to pass it on to. Boredom's not an excuse for doin' what you've done.'