Andi, the company owner said what you said.
I actually expected a negative grief response, which might still come, but that I could totally understand.
This. Seriously, I can't remember the last time I was so sideswiped by someone else's behavior. In that puppy-tilts-its-head, bzuh? sort of way.
I've regained my wits and will pretty much do what erika said, if he comes back to me.
I pretty much live by Bruce Springsteen's eulogy for Harry Chapin which, in paraphrase, goes, "He did what he could for the other guy and always had a clear eye on the wicked ways of the world."
This one snuck up on me. I may need to have my eyes checked.
It's mot a bad thing that you don't expect people to be that opportunistic and horrible.
You know, it often seems that, no matter how low you set the bar, someone will find a way to get under it. Kind of a moral limbo.
Not a tag line but should be, Toddson.
sj, much -ma headed your way.
bonny, I would be at once shocked, not shocked and pissed. It was a phone call, not a F2F, right, because I'm sure your face was just like "AGOG!!"
People can be so shitty. Always trying to get something for nothing.
Totally NATLBSB! Moral low bar...like lower than the coffee room worms in MIB, low.
And THEN, to add to the stress, my on/off again nemesis at the pet care company quit...ish. He will see us through the holidays.
Instead of falling apart, I actually came up with some really good suggestions for the owner...some of which could include helping the fellow not actually quit.
FINALLY, I have the opportunity to do a full organizational assessment and to guide the company into the future it's been struggling with for some time.
I'm super appreciative that the owner did not flail, and she DID take responsibility for a HUGE mistake she made that helped create this outcome.
It's like a fever breaking.
Which is good because Cagney is limping and I could use less stress in order to deal with that.
not F2F
Definitely on the phone. Had it not been, I don't think I'd have handled it as well.
Though I might have twigged to the deceit sooner if I could have seen his face.
