It's just making me want to scream, especially since I was already on edge to begin with. I mean, they were supposed to be bringing another table to go by my desk, since the new desk is smaller than the one I have now. I don't see any sign of that, nor of a keyboard tray to mount on the new desk. It doesn't look like he's making as much room as we discussed. I already knew it was going to be a messy, cobbled-together solution, but it's worse than I thought.

That is one of my hugest pet peeves about the chain of command. I just spent a good amount of time explaining something and you're going to pass me along to someone else so I can explain it again?

Actually, this is something I'm actually getting better at. "here, you need do this project, go talk to other department and see how they want us to do it". Saves me time from 1)listening to them 2) telling my crew and 3) getting caught in the middle.

Oh, Susan. Hang in there. This does sound so very frustrating.

Just walked Toto. My 80-year-old neighbor was out for the first time in weeks, so I went over to make sure she was ok. Turns out she's been in the hospital twice in the last couple of weeks. She's losing it, though. It's amazing how much she's degenerated in just the last 4-5 months.

Today she said to me, "So, I see that those boys that live in your building are black. Are you ok? They being nice to you, or you want me to call the police?" She's usually a little gossipy about the neighborhood, but today she was downright mean and angry, and I'm worried about her, but also her 40-year-old disabled daughter that lives with her.

Clearly I need to get more cats if I want to aspire to the "alone and eaten by cats" thing....

Maybe just one big cat.

And why did the Facilities guy TELL me they'd move my computer when now it's looking like that's more a job for IT Services? I mean, now this isn't going to be all set up when New Boss gets in on Monday (she's been in orientation all this week and I've only barely seen her at the end of the days), and I'm afraid she's going to think it's my fault and I'm this stupid person she needs to ride herd on and micromanage!

bleah Susan. Is there anyone else who can help you wrangle the mover-guy?

Unfortunately, no. The only other person here is our newest resident, who doesn't know the system any better than I do. All the senior chaplains are at an offsite event today. Which is why this would be a great day to move things around if only it was going smoothly.

That sucks. I am totally out of advice. Look, something cute!

Susan- you work at a university, right?

It is always this fucked up at universities, in my experience. You can give people a hundred drawings and instructions, but they will never actually transmit them to the person doing the work. Probably new boss will understand this, if she has ever worked in a large bureaucracy before.

Also, I usually just move my computer myself on my office chair because it takes several weeks for work orders to be processed and I don't trust the facilities guys. As long as there is already a network drop in place, I bet you can move it, and at least be out of big boss's hair and ready to work on Monday.

Also, it sucks and it frustrating.

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