The month of the holidays. You’d think we’d be in semi-shutdown mode at work, but it’s like suddenly, we’re actually busier. Or at least I am. My ineffective boss threw yet another project on me because he can’t get the crazy non-performer to perform. Grrr… Not that it’s really ever that busy in my office, so I shouldn’t even be complaining, but like what gives right? She makes more than our boss and she doesn’t do anything. My boss tries to give her projects and put her on different teams/projects but she drags her feet about things, pawns work off on teammates, and has a bout of crazy and then she’s off the hook.
So a week or two ago, our whole team was in my boss’ office for a meeting about succession planning. For some reason, she kept bringing up the fact that me and our new hire got to go downtown for some meeting with people she considers important. So she was basically complaining that she was getting shafted by the boss for all the worthy work and was getting assigned stupid stuff. Stupid me, I open my mouth and tell her it was a dumb meeting; she didn’t miss anything; it was poorly run and way disorganized; and people were frustrated and confused. She interrupts me saying people were confused because they were the wrong people to go. They didn’t know what was going on. Blah blah! In other words, me and the new hire did not have the knowledge and background to be attending such high level meetings. She was the better person to attend. Whatever! It was such a waste of my breath to try and explain anything to her. All she heard was opposing view! Why are you contradicting me?! This is a conspiracy, you are all out to get me! So my boss kept telling her to listen as I was trying to explain how insignificant that meeting was and how it was just them assigning more work on us. Work which she, of course, had no interest in contributing to anyway. But she just kept going. Then my boss told her to shut up and listen. Then she stood up and said he was acting like a jerk. Then he says, “no you are!” Then she gathers up her things and storms off back to her office. The end.
She plays the dumb card a lot too. That one is pretty effective. To her credit, she’s a great shopping and beauty products consultant. Speaking of shopping, uh, I didn’t go Black Friday shopping but was there anything even worth picking up? I got The Devil Wears Prada at Target for $4 on Saturday and that was it. I’ve already watched it twice.
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