Dear Coworkers. I am on vacation. You can tell from my OOO message, and also from how I told you, and asked for back-up. Please stop making me work.
Oh, also, I'm the only one on my team who knows how to do Absolutely Essential Thing. The only other person who knows how is on another team and just... won't do it anymore. I mean, I can ask her, but the last time I did, she said yeah sure and then didn't do it, so... there you go. No one else has been trained and there are no plans to train anyone. So while I'm away, Thing doesn't get done.
shrug
Okay then.
In such situations, I have no trouble throwing upper management and whoever mis-wrote the instructions under the bus.
Absolutely. "I'm so sorry - I read the instructions the same way you did, but I'm being told by Higher-Ups that, in fact, the situation is XYZ."
Are any LAistas at UCLA today. Campus on lockdown. Shooting or gun.
Oh, also, I'm the only one on my team who knows how to do Absolutely Essential Thing. The only other person who knows how is on another team and just... won't do it anymore. I mean, I can ask her, but the last time I did, she said yeah sure and then didn't do it, so... there you go. No one else has been trained and there are no plans to train anyone. So while I'm away, Thing doesn't get done. shrug Okay then.
Don't think of it as missing a deadline, think of it as underscoring your indispensability to the company!
Stay safe, LA
Argh, Zen. Enjoy your vacation!
Man, coffee flavored yogurt sounded like a good idea, but now that I have tried it I'm glad I only got one. Shoulda had a Luna bar instead.
Yipes, shooting at UCLA makes me nervous. DH just texted me, so he's safe.
That's good to hear, Burrell - I'm in here checking on LAistas.
A high-school-graduation-gift etiquette question:
This Friday there is a graduation party for three graduates. I know two of them: one the daughter of my faux-son, who I see frequently, and one the son of my brother-in-law, who I haven't seen since he was itty bitty but is an actual relative. The third person I don't know but is probably the daughter of someone I know peripherally.
Faux-son has suggested a gift card for food for his daughter, as she's going away to college and will need sustenance, and I figured the same for nephew. I suspect I should provide a gift for the third graduate as well, since she's also an honoree of the party. Can I get away with differing denominations on the cards, in degree of how well I know said person? I don't want to drop $75 for graduation presents.
Connie, you can totally do different amounts, and I wouldn't give anything beyond a card to the person you don't know.
Don't think of it as missing a deadline, think of it as underscoring your indispensability to the company!
This reminds me of a funny thing I heard recently from the head of USAID -- they aren't silos, they are cylinders of excellence!
Yipes, shooting at UCLA makes me nervous. DH just texted me, so he's safe.
Phew.
Thank you Burrell. That is good to hear.
