I need a sanity check. Suppose you found out at about 6 PM today that 8 weeks from now you're going on a 10-day business trip, and not the fun kind, for an event that's been planned for a year. All of the other attendees knew they'd be going for several months already.
And suppose you learned this through an email to the staff in which you were assigned a task at this event. Nobody has actually spoken a word to you about it. Would you be a little irate?
I'm asking because I'm pretty sure that my current level of anger is irrational, partly because I spent the evening with my SIL and that's not good for my mental outlook. But this merits at least a little anger, right? If I'd known about this earlier I wouldn't be thrilled, but I'd certainly have made different decisions about some things.
Oh: I should say that a less infuriated person might think, "How funny, but that is obviously a mistake that I will clear up tomorrow." I'm sure it's not a mistake, because I know what the people I work for are like. (They are a lot like thoughtless, clueless fuckheads.)
That merits quite a bit of anger, especially if it's been planned all year and everyone else knew months before. There's no good excuse for them not to have told you so you could keep that time free, and the fact that they
haven't
actually told you is just...so not on.
That sounds legitimately angering.
Strega - I think that anger - possibly fury - is totally merited.
A little angry. or irate. 8 weeks should be a decent amount of warning, but not if others knew they wanted you to go for a year.
and 10 days is long enough that it will cause some plan shifting , esp if most business trips are shorter. ( when DH was traveling 3 days was average, 5 days was long)
8 weeks should be a decent amount of warning, but not if others knew they wanted you to go for a year.
I was going back & forth on that. Two months advance warning isn't technically "last minute," but in the scheme of this project it sorta is.
I think finding out via that email is what's eating at me. If they'd come to me, even today, and offered some "Because of X & Y & Z we really need you there" explanation or whatever? I'd still be unhappy, but not quite so furious. So I guess I should practice my responses to "Oh, sorry, I thought we told you" during the drive in tomorrow.
Thanks guys. And hooray for venting. Sigh.
My work irritation is minor in the face of that. They want my home and cell phone number. I really don't like giving them out workwise. Certainly not both of them. I don't want work calls at home. My outgoing message is not sensible, and it's not about to be. I also don't answer the phone for days or check the messages on whim. I also like the freedom to be unreachable by cell, but having it be a work contact number erodes that. If they want that, they should give me a phone. Which they don't do, it seems, even for permanent staff.
I once had an office put my MOTHER'S home phone on our contact sheet. Bitch, I gave you that once in a particular instance as a courtesy, you do NOT pass that shit around.
Buy a $10 to $20 virgin mobile (0r Go phone or whatever) Get the high per minute price with a really low number of minutes required. Use that phone only for work. Leave it at home and check it for messages with the minimum frequency that will keep you from getting into trouble at work.
