I am still stunned

Yesterday boys and girls you would not believe what happened - frankly I am still wondering what genie popped out last night and what whammy is coming demanding payment ... but for now today I will bask.

See post of a few days ago and idiot woman in the deep south office. She was tasked to find missing reviews (28), the review documents are important before we ship software to our customer. She had 3 days to fix the problem. Come day three we start asking questions, you know in our rude and impatient manner - "could you please debase yourself to contact us unclean heathens to inform us of status of said lost reviews? Pretty please?"

We got "we don't have to do all these" oh and we found 3 more reviews.

We send documentation that said - "um yeppers - you gotta review that stuff too..."

Found two more - reviews

Hours go by - we are now into the 6PM hour EST - which is 5 pm deep south time... I get an email from idiot woman... "here is our list - we've got 3 to finish - we'll do that Monday."

(Insert Aunt Ing's head exploding and 4 cracked molars here)

Our heroin takes a lap, before she attempts to call the boss now back in GA - she calls and gets-- VOICE MAIL! Now as the blood was still roaring through my body I can just imagine what the true words on that voice mail were... something along the lines of... "Ah - Hi this is Aunt Ing - and I just got this email (FROM THE DORK IN THE SOUTH) and she said she's going to finish reviews Monday. I'm not putting the OK on this release - (YOU DEAL WITH THE FALL OUT)
I could really use some guidance and assistance here.

As you probably guessed the CAP words were merely shouted inside my head.

I also have forwarded her all emails including the one where I respond that dear idiot woman its our policy to review stuff before we send it to the customer - go figure we'd want someone to look at your work before we toss it over the fence. Now yes - there was use of exclamation points, and details of all messages summed up and and plead to find a warm freaking body and get things done.

I then got a message from deep south idiot woman - we're going to start calling her DSIW for short. That my message was rude and I should review the statements she sent. (insert fire and smoke coming out of Aunt Ing ears.) _ and another lap. Then an email to the boss waving the digital white flag and I was going home.

Now insert the email I want to frame and hang on my wall...

Boss lady creates a work of loving words sent across the digital divide.... the angels sang, the pious wept and Aunt Ing did cartwheels down the empty lonely hallways of the office. It was a email, but what an email it was - and the people she copied on said email created such a smile of delight and joy - Aunt Ing's heart was about to burst.

She addressed the message to DSIW and the southern Napoleon she copies other team members AND her boss, the southern boss and several other BIG bosses. MAJOR you don't suck in these big boys - but she did!!! Then she goes on, stating she will not allow the software to leave and SHE will tell the customer WHY it is late and exactly WHO is responsible for said lateness in spite of ALL THE PAID OVERTIME said group has been sucking up like its quarter beer night. And she won't OK the release until she gets MY ok that things are done correctly.

To paraphrase the Test Manager Friday night - the gal has balls. Brass ones in my book.

And certainly bigger ones that the previous boss had.

Panic ensues in the deep south as neither of the direct email addressees are in the office. The beleaguered software lead in a panic manages to find 2 missing reviews and doctor up the third. The boss asks ME if it's ok! Pumpkin I will so live with that one! So we clear those out - and 3 hours later the software goes out.

I cannot begin to tell you what a BIG win this is in my world. Every other day week after week I have had to justify my place my job and the reason why I say the form is blue, look at the form it is blue. Yes the old S-Doc said its yellow - but we don't use yellow any more.... over and over and over again. Last night was so super fab! BIG BIG WIN.

Monday's staff meeting should be very entertaining as DSIW doesn't attend and The southern Napoleon does - and he doesn't have a leg to stand on... but he'll find a way to blame me. But he can't take that email away from me - and he can't recall it from the big boys...

I am basking....


Saturday has been a good day - Bubba up early wand GONE all day to the gun show with my office mate's hubby and son. I attended a luncheon for my Maryland Mom and it was very nice and how those should go - Mimosa before my coat was off - decent lunch, great brownies good coffee, presents, short speeches and a bit of social and home. I ran a few errands afterwards, got on the computer dealt with some paperwork and now I'm going to futz with it in front of the TV and enjoy my evening.

Life boys and girls - is sometimes a good deal