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Rude coworker email..long
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So this has been driving me crazy to the point where I am awake at 7 am on a saturday which hasnt happened in a very very long time. Long story short I have a purchase card for my department. That card stays locked in a safe. When I need the card I have to unlock the safe, go make the purchase, and put it back. Right now I am covering two jobs, my own and another that someone retired from that has not been filled yet. I am not always in the builidng I normally work in, because the other position is in another building about a mile away. Anyway, someone asked me to go buy some stuff for them. I didnt do it right away because I basically forgot when I had time, or didnt have time. The girl ended up bringing my boss into it by cc'ing her on email traffic, which I hate because we are adults and we can figure this out without bringing our boss into it. On one of the replies she must have not liked what I said (I sent it to another co worker who assured me I was not being rude) and she responded "Great customer service skills, this is what your response should have been" and of course, didnt cc our boss on that one! So my question is...on Monday do I let it go, get to the store (it was closed Friday) and close the book or do I show my boss that email because it honestly hurt my feelings and I didnt deserve it? FYI one of the reasons I was mad was because she was not willing to drive from her office to me or meet me at the store, and wanted me to drive from office 1 to office 2 to store to her to office 2 and back to office 1 "because she was so busy". She has a company vehicle and I do not, and I do not get reimbursed for gas. Sorry this is so long but nobody I have ever worked with has ever done something like this!
Re: Rude coworker email..long
I think you are blowing this out of proportion.
You said that the other building is a mile away and you are concerned about the cost of gas driving back and forth to make things work for this other girl (with the company car) who is really busy? It's a mile. Also, if you have the card, it's obviously part of your job description to do this sort of work, so I don't understand why you are put off by it.
Also, is this other girl at or above your position ?
Anyway, you forgot. It happens. Maybe she overreacted by CCing your boss, but she did and you can handle this in a gracious manner by apologizing, saying that you made a mistake (which you did), and get the items she needs ASAP. This is the only professional way to make ammends.
On Monday, you close the book, get the stuff, apologize to her for forgetting, and let her know to work with you in the future.
Im sorry I dunno where you live but yeah driving a couple extra miles a day every day when I dont get reimbursed and I am doing two jobs and not getting the extra pay does bother me.
Then I don't think the issue is with this woman, I also agree with PP, if you forgot to make the purchases which is part of your job then you should apologize to her for forgetting.
If your actual issue is the above bolded then perhaps you need to discuss this issue with your boss, instead of getting upset with this woman. I don't know the whole situation, but I'm going to assume she has no authority over you being reimbursed for gas or paid for your extra duties.
You're kind of bouncing all over the place, and it all started with you screwing up in your own job. The fact that she was relying on you and you let her down obviously upset her, and upset her enough that she took an approach that you feel you wouldn't have if the situation was reversed.
You're upset that she copied your boss. Then you're upset that she didn't KEEP copying your boss.
You wanted her to make other efforts and you were upset that she didn't want to come meet you somewhere, when you weren't willing to meet her somewhere.
By the way: IRS mileage reimbursement rate for 2012. is 55.5 cents per mile. Round trip sounds like you would have been unreimbursed for $1.11. You've created a mountain of a molehill on that one, for sure.
It's great that your boss agreed with you, but you need to acknowledge for yourself the many ways in which you yourself contributed to the mess at hand.
And then you need to let it go.
Fine. Then take this up with your boss; the lady who you forgot to get stuff for has nothing to do with this issue. But, keep in mind this economy sucks and, employers, when they have to make cuts, don't feel too bad about letting the annoying people go. So, if you want to make an issue over .55 per mile then go right ahead. You posted here looking for perspective and advice. You have been given perspective and advice. You have two choices: 1. Take it. 2. Leave it.
I would email back saying that you are normally happy to make other people's purchases for them, and if she does not like your response time, she can come pick up the card with her company vehicle and go to the store to make her own purchases. CC your boss on that one so your boss sees the original rudeness.
This may depend on the boss. Mine would accept it as long as I was professional about it.