Well, I haven't been fired... yet. Came in this morning to find my supervisor in good spirits, but concerned about how I was doing. I lied to her, of course; I'm still pissed. The e-mail they sent complaining about my behavior stated the following:
"We are disappointed and felt it was inappropriate for Steve to be confrontational regarding the manner or timeliness in which we respond to his email correspondence."
So my supervisor knew exactly how I felt about this and that there would be documentation of my side of the story, I sent her an e-mail saying:
"I feel it is far more disappointing and inappropriate how irresponsible Tim is when it comes to doing his job. You were on the conference call yesterday -- how many projects did he have absolutely no idea what was going on with or ask when he would receive something that we already sent? This wasn't something that just popped up, it's been an ongoing issue of Tim not reading or responding to my e-mails, then calling me and complaining when something is late. And it's not a matter of the 'manner or timeliness in which they respond to my e-mail correspondence' -- it's a matter of him NOT READING THEM OR REPLYING TO THEM AT ALL. But of course, my behavior is 'inappropriate.' He's incompetent but my behavior is 'disappointing.' And I would hardly call what happened 'a confrontation.' All I did was express my frustration with his iresponsibility."
She then asked me if I would like to be reassigned to a position where I wouldn't have to deal with clients, doing more behind the scenes work. I told her I appreciated the offer but would be fine. Although if this irresponsible bullshit continues on their part I might re-consider. Then again, my supervisor, department head and our COO have a meeting with our clients this afternoon so it might be a moot point. She reassured me by telling me this matter was not on the meeting agenda, but you never know. Oh well, I always knew the corporate world wasn't for me. If you're an incompetent putz and try to blame you not doing your job on me, I'm not gonna play ball. You push me, I push back. I need a freelance job where I don't have to deal with clients or supervisors. Any suggestions?
In other news...
A bunch of us went out to lunch for one of my co-worker's birthdays. We went to the Chinese buffet, and naturally they didn't have any fucking pistachio ice cream. Goddammit that frosts my ass. How can a Chinese restaurant be out of pistachio ice cream so often, especially at 1:00 in the afternoon? Anyways, when the check arrives the co-worker who's birthday it is, who also happens to be Greek, informs us that it is Greek tradition for whomever's birthday it is to pay for the meal. He refused to let us pay, which is tradition at my office -- when it's somebody's birthday a bunch of us go out and we all (except the birthday boy/girl) split the tab. But those crazy Greeks, they pick up the bill in what I guess is an attempt to make people want to come out and celebrate your birthday with you. I can dig that, as I don't have all that many friends and it would work to my benefit.
About the Greeks though, is it tradition on their birthdays to reverse other things as well? Do they stick something up someone else's ass instead of the usual, having someone stick something up their ass?
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