I've lasted the longest, because I am apparently a glutton for punishment.
wait, I thought that you . . oh, right.
Heh. Only *some* kinds of punishment.
Steph, resign. send a politely worded email that says that the communication issues and lack of respect for your professional expertise have reached a level where you feel that you cannot be an effective member of the team and you wish them luck in finding a replacement for you.
Yeah, I'm thinking that this is my plan.
And make sure you cc all the committee members.
Are you fucking kidding me? Jesus, he’s lucky that nobody just bitchslapped him right then and there.
What she said! What a Fucktard, and Wenchface and all sorts of other Very bad things.
Steph - he sounds like he sucks more than Lee.
Hey NOW. Was that nice?
Tep, in your shoes I would be tempted to quit the committee and then offer your paid services to create the newsletter just like he wants it at an hourly rate that is at least (fair market rate)+(asshole surcharge) just to find out if it's the fact that you are volunteering that makes him see your work as unprofessional. Because I am an experimentalist and don't have to consider actual limits to your time in coming up with this scenario.
Hey NOW. Was that nice?
Oh sorry, thought you were off stoned somewhere.
offer your paid services to create the newsletter just like he wants it at an hourly rate that is at least (fair market rate)+(asshole surcharge) just to find out if it's the fact that you are volunteering that makes him see your work as unprofessional.
perhaps not offer, but mention in your farewell email that they may want to budget $____ for the newsletter, which is the market rate/what you would have charged for the service.
but mention in your farewell email that they may want to budget $____ for the newsletter, which is the market rate/what you would have charged for the service.
Oh, that's *outstanding*! I will.
What will happen, of course, is that someone with no skillz will take it over, and do it in Word, and it'll look like crap (and not the "contemporary" crap that I dislike, either -- just flat-out crap), and, well, I'll laugh.
I didn't realized that Adrian Pasdar of Heroes is married to Natalie Maines.
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What a dick. Sad day when people you think of as "your" people can be dicks like everyone else.(Gives disability-rights movement dirty look)
And Calli, yeah, I like Alison Stewart but she does confuse being snarky with being flirtatious, a mistake I wouldn't make unless "Countdown" switched to co-hosting.