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(Cathie) Black Magic
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Ever have one of those days where the B.S. (Brown Sugar) that you have received from everyone else is enough to make you want to seek out the nearest bell tower?
Yeah, me too.
I am typically really good at dealing with difficult personalities. Whatever their character flaw may be, I can usually counterbalance it with little to no effort. The problem is that every now and again I get TIRED of dealing with the cRaZiEs.
Welcome to Now and Again. Would you like to supersize?
I’m not going to get into specifics about people I have dealt with recently. Mostly because people that I deal with on a daily basis actually read these posts. But I will give a high-level list of what I call:
Ways to drive KathyHowe batshit in the office:
(Note to co-workers: this is NOT meant to inspire).
- Not replying to emails when it is made clear that ACTION is REQUIRED and you are given a HARD DEADLINE in the message. If you can’t complete the task on time at least have the courtesy to REPLY WITH THAT INFORMATION!
- Emailing my MANAGER’S MANAGER to tell on me when I don’t reply to your email marked as normal priority within five business hours. If your message is urgent please flag it as such or pick up the dogdamn phone.
- Spending 10 minutes bitching about doing a task that will take you 5 minutes to complete. That is like good time management but totally different.
- Doing my job for me. I would be MORE than happy to stop attending project meetings if you would like to just handle everything, superstar.
- You are more often the voice of the problem (if not the source of it) and you have nothing to offer in terms of a solution.
Now I know all of you had had the pleasure of working with difficult, challenging or otherwise asshole people. Share your stories. What drives YOU batshit?
This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 12th, 2007 at 7:49 pm and is filed under Fun & Games, Life on the 3rd floor.
Tags: co-workers, office politics, stress, workplace
September 12th, 2007 at 8:51 pm
I had this boss once. He would ask me to do something and I’d say ok, on it, got it, doing it. He would then come back to my office a minute later and say (always!) “If I were you, I would…” and then he would tell me what to focus on, etc. Always, 100% of the time. It drove me insane.
September 13th, 2007 at 11:14 am
It’s actually in my job description to establish and enforce procedures for accounting and financial matters. I’ll take responsibility for it if these procedures aren’t communicated properly, but if you KNOW them and try to go around them every time - because what you need is always too urgent to go through the process - you’re on your way to my bad side.
My husband works in a completely different field, but has the same problem.
Rules aren’t for “other people” - they’re for YOU. Make all our lives easier by learning and following them.
(Thanks for the chance to vent on this one, KathyHowe!)
September 13th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
oh i love your list!! i had a boss once that would take on something she felt would make her look good but was technically my responsiblity. Then she would tell me nothing about it and if i asked she would shush me and tell me not to worry about it, it was covered. Then when it wasnt done she would yell at me and ask why i didnt do it.
I would say you need to add rule:
- not makig up your mind what things you want to do and what things you want your employees to do (or changing your mind at the last second when it is IMPOSSIBLE to complete a task)
not that i am bitter… (really!! well, anymore
) and i am that much more thankful for my amazing boss now (he think’s i am brilliant - whats not to like? )
September 17th, 2007 at 4:02 am
I have a boss, who, when I was interviewing, impressed me with all the “team” talk: We all take out the trash, we all make coffee, we all wash the dishes. Blah blah blah.” I’ve found what he REALLY meant was “I will get a new cup every time I go for coffee, and I will put the dirty ones on the counter when I leave for the day. If I come in the next morning and the dirty cups are still on the counter (even though I’m usually the last one to leave), I will send a nasty email to the staff about how dirty dishes on the counter overnight is totally unacceptable.”
And that’s on a good day.
For the first time in 25 years of working I understand first-hand what it means to be a disengaged employee, and it totally irritates me that this man has singlehandedly caused that.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:45 pm
#3. Oh, dear Lord in heaven, #3. Why do people do that? And don’t hold a meeting to cover it. Can you not just send an email, delegate as needed, and let us go?
Also falling under this is holding a three hour online meeting to create a to-do list. You know, when we could’ve accomplished everything ON that list in two and a half hours.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
It’s odd. Apparently we’ve both worked at the same place (ref. your list) and never encountered one another at the office!
Your list reminds me of all that awaits when I return to work in one week, after 6 weeks leave. I’d leave permanently, but it appears that I would encounter the same assholes wherever I go!