You know, there is NOTHING I can do when the higher-ups in the Editorial Office say "Stephanie did not sent the article to the author, because I checked our database and there is no record that she did so," even though the fucking database shows that I sent the article on 3 separate dates because the author refuses to respond to us. Like, I would need to go to Chicago and press the EIC's face against the monitor and point to the goddamn emails and say "WHAT ARE THOSE, RONNIE? THOSE LOOK LIKE EMAILS WITH MY NAME ON THEM. WHAT IS YOUR GODDAMN SHIT TODAY?"
(I woke up an hour early this morning with a full-blown panic attack, and while Ativan got the panic under control, I cannot shake the overwhelming agitation, and this bullshit is bullshit I do not need today, ESPECIALLY because it's fucking incorrect, and provably so. I am about to take screenshots of all the emails and send them to Ronnie, along with a suggestion to visit a fucking eye doctor. But I shouldn't have to take screenshots, because the emails are in the database that we ALL have access to. They are RIGHT FUCKING THERE.)
Don't come at me, Ronnie. DON'T DO IT.
I forgot to bring my personal stash of decaf coffee in today so I'm hitting the office regular stuff. I think I might need a second cup. I was way more awake before I got here.
Follow-up: "The emails are not in the database. Please send the file."
Reply: "See attached."
Not replied "You ignorant motherfucker."
I mean, I can re-send the file, but if it's not showing up in the database, then Ronnie won't believe that I re-sent it.
They should believe that you resent it, though! (Sorry, I just always want to make re-sent/resent wordplay, and never have an actual opportunity to do so.)
My lunch had too much onion and garlic, and unrelatedly, I don't feel like working. Now you're all caught up on me!
They should believe that you resent it, though!
Every time I typed the hyphen, I was all "I resent the SHIT out of this!"
"Ronnie cannot believe the resentment" should have a Gorey style sketch to go with it.
And, indeed, I just re-sent the files. For literally the 4th time. The problem is not on my end. The problem is the author, who doesn't understand the difference between submitting a draft in order to have the article accepted in the first place, and then the article being edited.
When he submitted the article to be accepted, he was asked to revise it, which he did. He believes that is the end of the process for him. He thinks that what I sent is just a re-tread of that much earlier revision process. I even explained to him in my email that this is a different step in the process, and his reply was basically, "I already did this. I am finished."
The problem is not me, and I need to punch some motherfuckers right now.
The problem is not me
The problem is pretty much always them. Other people suck.
