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Vents Here
Because I need to.
I am sick of people who can't get their own sh*t together and make it my problem.
Recent examples:
#1 (Long): There is a woman at work who is completely and totally incompetent. I don't know how she got hired. The other day she asked me to come to a meeting that she had forgotten to send me an invite to. I rearranged my schedule and went since it was a parent meeting...walked in and introduced myself--SHE HAD ASKED ME TO COME TO THE WRONG MEETING! It wasn't the parent of a kid that I had. Her response, "Oh, I'm sorry. I guess the meeting I need you for is tomorrow. The kids names started with the same letter." Really?
Okay, fine. I rearrange my schedule once again and go to the meeting. It is a train wreck, she has no idea what she is talking with, I keep the meeting on track and explain how things actually work on our team (which she doesn't know because she hasn't bothered to come observe, or even ask).
Then she puts the student's revised plan in my mailbox. Except she didn't make half of the changes we discussed. So I emailed her about places she needed to fix. She called me as I was walking out Friday afternoon and wanted me to walk her through the changes over the phone. So I do.
On Monday, she puts the revised plan in my mailbox. It is still wrong AND had a ton of typos and misspellings. She has sent this to the parent.
#2: We were supposed to go out for dinner with friends last night. They were supposed to come over at 7 and then we would head out. They didn't show up until 8pm. I understand 15-20 minutes late...but an hour to me is unacceptable, incosiderate, and rude.
BFP 5/2/11, missed m/c, D&C 6/13/11
BFP 12/8/11--Little Girl E Born 8/22/12
Re: Vents Here
I'm sorry you're having problems with that lady at work. And that IS very inconsiderate of your friends.
Oh man, she sounds like a complete dolt. Wow.
I HATE IT when people are late. Derek is terrrrrible with being late. And he wouldn't call to say he'd be late. I have to make him. I mean, come on. Be a grownup!
My vent is that Derek is working way too much. This happens every time he starts installing again. Because he gets paid by the square foot when he's installing, he works his ass off to get as much done as possible in a week. Which means he gets run down, doesn't sleep well, and gets sick. Which then gets me sick. I mean, I love that he's making us a crap load of money, but I'd really like to see him for more than 5 minutes in the morning and 2 hours at night.
We'll just not tell H about this little fact, m'kay?
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I love my dad. I really do. Visiting with him has been great, and much needed. But I'm really getting tired of having no time to myself/with the hubs since he's been visiting. It doesn't help that before he was here, one of hubs' friends was here for a week. We haven't had any time alone since August.
It also doesn't help that my dad stays up late to watch Yankees games til like 2am when I'm sleeping in the living room since we've graciously given him our bedroom for 11 days. I'm happy he's retired and loving life, but I have to be up early for work. Bah.
Now jumping domestically.
Well that was a crazy couple of years.
Blender* I can completely relate to the friend's comment. I have a friend that is generally a very professional, punctual person, but sometimes when we make plans, it's like I'm put on the back burner. We had plans on a Friday night to get together for dinner. I got a phone call at the time she was supposed to be at our house that they were on their way. An hour later, they strolled in. Really? Not to mention, they had just asked about 15 minutes before they should've been leaving their house if we were still on for the original time. How did you screw it up in 15 minutes to not leave your house?
My other vent - Work sucks. It's not that I'm just having a bad week. I actually hate waking up and having to come here every day now. The people are getting even more outrageous and incompetent. I really thought that working on a college campus would mean that the other people that worked here would be somewhat professional and intelligent. I guess I was wrong. Now I got notice that there are some changes happening in our office, none of which we even had a say in. Complete b.s.
I can completely relate. I'm considering going back to work for corporate American where decisions make sense and people are actually capable of using their brains.