Thursday,
February 21, 2002

Just call me Spanky

Got mildly -- well, not exactly spanked; lightly tapped, perhaps -- by my former (and possibly current, who knows) ultimate manager. Apparently he'd been talking to the project manager yesterday and wanted to know what was the story with the project being delayed because I hadn't turned in the help files. I explained that while they had been late due to me being sick, they had also been turned in yesterday.

Oh, he said. All right -- then what was this about wanting to go to San Diego for only two days? That wasn't enough time to learn the new tool I'd be documenting--

No, I scheduled three full business days, I said. Leave on Wednesday morning, return on Saturday afternoon. He double-checked his email. Oh, so you did, he said. Okay, never mind, thank you.

Apparently I'm not the only one to have a run-in with the manager today -- it seems to be endemic. To all those dealing with upper-level people in your various organizations, I salute you.

What's in my glass, you ask? Something tasty and 20% proof, that's all you need to know.