*sigh*

[rolanni]

May I just say that arriving back to the Specialness that is the day-job is not made easier by the receipt of a missive from my supposed supervisor which indicates that he still doesn't comprehend the terms of my employment contract?

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[shana.livejournal.com]

Have some virtual chocolate.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, chocolate.

[isabellag.livejournal.com]

Can I guess if it was something along the lines of "where the frell have you been and why wasn't I told?" Fun.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Can I guess if it was something along the lines of "where the frell have you been and why wasn't I told?"

Actually, I'd made sure he knew I was going to be off-campus, and assured him that my office would be competently covered in my absence. This has to do with Certain Assumptions regarding how my employment is configured. I'd be more charitable, if we hadn't gone over This Exact Thing, last year.

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

There seems to be a managerial approach that is based upon the notion that if you ask just the right way, or maybe enough times, or perhaps when the other person is distracted, that you can get them to agree to doing something extra, special, or whatever -- and that having once accomplished this, that the other person is therefore bound forever to extend that same service. At which point, they have won, and can start trying to get you to do something else above and beyond.

Thus, people with this disease (and I do believe it is a syndrome, at the very least) seem destined to repeat their attempts to get other people to do something special just this once -- which then turns into forever. They do seem to assume that the rest of us have no memory, either for their previous attempts at this, or for the "just this once" condition.

I think they feel that they have to test the waters from time to time to see if maybe you forgot or something. Of course, if you do happen to do something extra "just this once" be aware that they are unlikely to forget that you have just taken on this extra duty forever after.

I wonder if they go back to their office after these encounters and say, "Curses, foiled again!" :-)

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

You could provide him with a copy of it, with pertinant bits hightlighted for his reading comfort.

[(Anonymous)]

You are assuming, of course, that said supervisor can read.

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Do you think that would be, just a little, attitudinal? I have some problems with my attitude, from time to time. Hard to believe, I know...

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

Probably, but I would read my job description on a regular basis, because there were days when I was supposed to be a miracle worker, and that wasnt included!

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry about your irritating advisor, from yet another happy Mouse and Dragon reader. Thanks for this book.
mf

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

[(Anonymous)]

Oops, I meant to write "supervisor."
Still grateful for M&D, though.
mf

supervisor

[(Anonymous)]

Perhaps he assumes that You don't know what is in your employment contract.

Bill Cowell

Re: supervisor

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Well, yanno, I'm kind of conditioned to read contracts. I don't actually think it's malicious, just a case of overwork and wishful thinking on his part. I do get tired of the Free-floating Stupid, though, and it's already been an Excessively Stupid Year.