moneymaven
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Post by moneymaven on Oct 2, 2013 13:23:29 GMT -5
I am sitting at one of the company locations to allow a colleague to attend a meeting. It was a last minute request from this department as they hadn't planned well for this meeting to occur. I was happy to oblige, but made it clear that I have something to do immediately at noon.
I have been here for about two hours, and this staff person was supposed to be back about 20 minutes ago.
They are not back yet and no one is able to tell me where they are. My other commitment started 10 minutes ago! I really try to be a good co-worked and lend a hand where needed, but this type of discourteous action just gets under my skin.
I am sure there is a good reason for the delay, but would it kill a person to at least call to tell me they'd be late? Now I cannot reach the person I am supposed to meet for lunch, so I am sure they think I'm a flake.
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Post by Otto the Orange on Oct 2, 2013 13:26:58 GMT -5
the bright side is flake is better than a leech..... <<it is better, right? >> on the serious tip- sorry for your troubles, if it was me when the dude didn't show up I'ld have cut the meeting. locked the door, turn off the video conferencing thing or whatever it is you did to accommodate the dude....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 14:22:47 GMT -5
A cruise ship hit a reef and foundered amidst a school of voracious sharks, before the crew could lower any of the lifeboats. When rescue crews arrived at the scene, they found one lonely survivor, a lawyer, treading water... all the rest had disappeared. When they asked the lawyer how he had escaped being eaten by the sharks, he answered with two words: "Professional Courtesy".
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Post by moneymaven on Oct 2, 2013 21:26:35 GMT -5
They finally showed up an hour and a half late. I was able to call a few people and get the phone number of the person I was supposed to meet. I'm annoyed.
They asked for my help again this Friday. I am not so inclined.
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Post by Miss Tequila on Oct 2, 2013 21:43:52 GMT -5
I am sitting at one of the company locations to allow a colleague to attend a meeting. It was a last minute request from this department as they hadn't planned well for this meeting to occur. I was happy to oblige, but made it clear that I have something to do immediately at noon. I have been here for about two hours, and this staff person was supposed to be back about 20 minutes ago. They are not back yet and no one is able to tell me where they are. My other commitment started 10 minutes ago! I really try to be a good co-worked and lend a hand where needed, but this type of discourteous action just gets under my skin. I am sure there is a good reason for the delay, but would it kill a person to at least call to tell me they'd be late? Now I cannot reach the person I am supposed to meet for lunch, so I am sure they think I'm a flake. Why do you have to sit at a location so someone can attend a meeting? In confused as to why you couldn't jur leave
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Post by moneymaven on Oct 2, 2013 23:24:53 GMT -5
I am sitting at one of the company locations to allow a colleague to attend a meeting. It was a last minute request from this department as they hadn't planned well for this meeting to occur. I was happy to oblige, but made it clear that I have something to do immediately at noon. I have been here for about two hours, and this staff person was supposed to be back about 20 minutes ago. They are not back yet and no one is able to tell me where they are. My other commitment started 10 minutes ago! I really try to be a good co-worked and lend a hand where needed, but this type of discourteous action just gets under my skin. I am sure there is a good reason for the delay, but would it kill a person to at least call to tell me they'd be late? Now I cannot reach the person I am supposed to meet for lunch, so I am sure they think I'm a flake. Why do you have to sit at a location so someone can attend a meeting? In confused as to why you couldn't jur leave It's a small art facility manned by one staffer at all times. Lots of foot traffic by the public and expensive items so someone is on premises all times during business hours.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 4:09:02 GMT -5
I think this would be a great point to recommend that a rotation list be developed, so the burden does not land to one back up all the time. Are you the only other administrative person typically in the facility, so that is why you are the coverage default? I guess I would also explain to the person that while you understood the urgent nature of the prior request, you did have a personal commitment over lunch hour and the lack of contact to advise you that you needed to cover more than 2 hours put you in a bad spot. It sounds like this was just a combination of problem factors, like not having the person you were meeting's phone # with you, so it made it embarrassing for you in addition to the inconsiderate nature of the lack of contact. You could just tell them that you rescheduled your missed appointment to this Friday, so it is absolutely impossible for you to cover this time
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Post by moneymaven on Oct 3, 2013 6:44:32 GMT -5
I think this would be a great point to recommend that a rotation list be developed, so the burden does not land to one back up all the time. Are you the only other administrative person typically in the facility, so that is why you are the coverage default? I guess I would also explain to the person that while you understood the urgent nature of the prior request, you did have a personal commitment over lunch hour and the lack of contact to advise you that you needed to cover more than 2 hours put you in a bad spot. It sounds like this was just a combination of problem factors, like not having the person you were meeting's phone # with you, so it made it embarrassing for you in addition to the inconsiderate nature of the lack of contact. You could just tell them that you rescheduled your missed appointment to this Friday, so it is absolutely impossible for you to cover this time No, I am not the only person. In fact, I've never covered at this facility until yesterday. They just didn't plan well and I was happy to lend a hand for the short time block they asked. I asked them to reevaluate the time needed for Friday (same type of meeting) and see if it can be split between two people.
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