Just because you work from home...

Doesn't mean you are immune to a work related stupidity...

Senior Code jockey who attends meetings when his royal backside deems it fit to 'slum' once again shows his royal - um --- butthead-ed-ness... we have a quick and easy process to handle major issues on the project... we have discussed it, we have documented it, we have hashed and rehashed it... we put it into play today....

And of course Mr. I'm too good to follow rules until they work for me.. throws the Butterfingers into the swimming pool of a smooth running process. (See the move Caddyshack for that reference) or think about a chocolate bar in a swimming pool and the subsequent effects.

ANY way... it fell to me to explain to his royal --- person again - how this process works - again.

This was the email I wanted to write:

Dear Self important pompous butthead;

We have gone over and over this process in several meetings, emails and other venues none of which you could lower yourself to attend.

Instead you choose to look down your nose at those of us attempting to do things right so when our customer beats us with a bat – we have some method of defending ourselves against those blows… but alas you have the (Customer loves me) bumper. You can do no wrong, your stuff doesn’t stink and therefore the rules simply don’t apply to you.

Well guess what bucko they do – here is your freaking process! Do you want me to delivery it personally? Because I will sweetie and I will roll it up in a nice tight roll and cram it up your….

And that is when I start hitting the delete key.

Apparently banging on a keyboard is good therapy for me... :-)

Instead of sending the above email... I loved the pups, took a brief walk then wrote a very professional, very detailed very nice email explaining the process, offering to change anything that didn't meet with his approval and the offer to again send him the proper documentation to show in glowing detail just how things are done by the peasant classes.

Now I am facing a long list of "things needed" from the audit folks... as I read down this list I smile because I KNOW we don't have this stuff - at least recent or handy. Kill me now. I'm going to do the dishes real quick then get back to this list...

On an up note?!? Bubba called this morning - he was in a good mood! Of course it was still early in the day out there so how much could go wrong before breakfast? He's now decided he and his friend are going to hire out as consultants. Groovy - and who would be your detail handler sweetheart?? Because it ain't going to be the woman with the full time job and other commitments. Get an organizer and figure it out.

All right-y now... off to do something constructive then back to work. ;-)