He has a standing meeting invite, with a room attached. So I showed up in that room, and he didn't, and he apologised for not telling me it was going to be dial in only. That's more than mildly annoying when I have to drive to get to that room.

Now, he sent out a meeting confirmation for that same meeting, which has since then been dial in. In the confirmation body, which disappears once you update your calendar with it, he mentioned, vaguely, a room where it was going to be held.

So I e-mailed him for clarification, and left a phone message, in plenty of time for me to get there. He answered neither. When I got a hold of him too late for me to drive in, he seemed surprised I wasn't going to be there in person.

eta: 'Suela, aside from what may or may not be true this season, I felt like she was going to have to sleep with him after going fishing. Not sure why.

You are being waaay too nice about it, ita. He's screwing up, he needs to take the blame.

Hey, who wants to help me write my Individual Development Plan? I have Career Goals that I want to be trained for, right?

I'm stilll avoiding that.

Ooh - how about... falconer!

I dunno. I think birds that could eat my eyeballs are scary. But if I could train them to eat other people's eyeballs, that could work!

Stomach still hurts. Want go home. Blah.

Ohgod me too. Though for once there's no stomach issue. Just, I wanna go home, rather than making up training I want to pursue and then harassing yet another dentist who's all "oh no, haven't heard a thing about this two-and-a-half-year-old project, why don't you give me a legal citation and I'll call you back?" Grr. Why so difficult?

I felt like she was going to have to sleep with him after going fishing. Not sure why.

Because Jack has magical AU sex fish, obviously. Why do you think Teal'c was so disgruntled that time he had to go up there with Jack alone? 'Cause the fish made them have sex!

And I can't make that excuse without ratting out a co-worker something awful.

it's him or you. oh fucking well.

I'm stilll avoiding that.

At least I didn't have to write the evaluation, though my boss did offer me five bucks to do it. I don't think he was serious.

I think birds that could eat my eyeballs are scary.

But scary in a good way, right?

Problem with ratting anyone out is that even though I'm right, I think it will turn into being about me making excuses for my lack of commitment, and not about them. So I'll just smooth-talk around it with my boss, should it come up, and try and wrangle him instead.

Because Jack has magical AU sex fish, obviously. Why do you think Teal'c was so disgruntled that time he had to go up there with Jack alone? 'Cause the fish made them have sex!

Exactly! The sex fish!

I felt like she was going to have to sleep with him after going fishing. Not sure why.

Um, even with Daniel and Teal'c there? I mean, I'm all about the OT4, but ...

I like the concept of magical AU sex fish. Katie, why don't you write a story about that?

Why so difficult?

I suspect this is why they call it Work. Pfeh.

Um, even with Daniel and Teal'c there?

Dude, right there on the shore. No, I mean after/because of the fishing. Plus, magic sex fish.

eta: Ha! Bunch of other people are calling him on the confusion of rooms. Excellent.

If it comes up, "Because the location/format of the meeting varies, I requested clarification on where/what it would be on 12/8 so as to make appropriate arrangements to take part. Unfortunately, Dumbfuck did not respond to either email or messages until it was too late."

There. Nothing to do with committment. It's lack of information even when it was actively sought.

Probably should leave out the Dumbfuck part, though.

Magic sex fish! Yay!

Hmm. coworker wants me to go to Stockton next Friday because a public meeting looks like it is related to a project we want to get. But me? I'm not driving all the way to Stockton without a better guarantee that it's relevant.

Off to the interweb!