Hump Day
Tough day at work. Boss wanted something impossible (long story short- boss wanted something listed in the local paper for free which was not possible since it was clearly advertising a certain company, a no no to the woman in charge of that particular section of the paper). Co-worker found a way to go through corporate, thus making it 'free' to the client. Bad part- paperwork that lists the wrong contact people at corporate. The ones actually listed on the sheet took umbrage at this error. Not to mention the stupid macros that then rendered the document useless once it actually got to the correct contact people. Stupid Microsoft Excel. Boss also asked for ratings that don;t exist (according to Nielsen). Because showing the client the slash marks, representing zeros, looks so much better....?......
Also frustrated because I do not like being blown off when I've made plans with people., such as happened on Monday. Then they are impossible to reach. I was left with having to leave a message on the offending person's voice mail asking "why'd you blow me off?". I hate having to leave voice mails, much less say something like that to a machine.
If you're gonna blow me off at least call or email and let me know why. It's just polite.
Now watch. My friend will get back to me after I left this slighty bitchy voice mail and tell me that there was a family emergency or something equally important. And I will feel massive guilt for a long time.
Not sure if him just being a flake will make things better or worse.
Also frustrated because I do not like being blown off when I've made plans with people., such as happened on Monday. Then they are impossible to reach. I was left with having to leave a message on the offending person's voice mail asking "why'd you blow me off?". I hate having to leave voice mails, much less say something like that to a machine.
If you're gonna blow me off at least call or email and let me know why. It's just polite.
Now watch. My friend will get back to me after I left this slighty bitchy voice mail and tell me that there was a family emergency or something equally important. And I will feel massive guilt for a long time.
Not sure if him just being a flake will make things better or worse.
posted by Lyss | 7:53 PM
2 Comments:
Doesn't the world seem just a bit off kilter these days?
It's normal to get angry at the other person when you feel you are being "blown off." It's also normal to get angry at yourself for not giving them the benefit of the doubt in case it does turn out that there was a legitimate emergency. This is how I handle leaving a voicemail or sending an email -- "I thought that we had plans for _____ and was there as we had agreed. But you weren't there and unable to be reached, so I got worried. Are you okay? Is everyone in your family all right? Please let me know so that I can stop worrying about you and get rid of the image of you lying injured in the gutter somewhere."
This approach communicates concern while simultaneously can make the other person feel guilty. Very efficient.
Now, do I leave my name? Will tell you later.
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