*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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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!" :-)