Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Some crappy talk
Some crappy talk
Had a meeting with my big boss just now, together with my boss and my partner. Was a short and uninteresting session, but the key thing was that our big boss wanted us to push one of our key events from Jul to Sep/Oct 07. Then my boss said (I guess he should be joking) that I was hoping to escape the event in Jul 07, cuz I m due in Jul but since it's now postponed to Sep/ Oct 07, I can come back after my maternity leave to organise the event!! Actually, I was quite pissed that he had to say something like this. Honestly, I think he was joking, but then I think he should have had some EQ and not say such things in front of my big boss. Anyway, cuz I was quite pissed, I said something like "Even though the event was supposed to be in Jul and I m due in Jul, I m still around before that to plan and organise." I mean, it's not like cuz I m due in Jul and the event was originally planned for Jul, he had taken me off the event. I m still supposed to plan and organise it.
Then during the meeting, my big boss brought up the issue concerning one of our support staff's recent long absence from work. She said that she had bumped into this staff at the lift and asked "Have you had lunch?" and the staff had totally ignored her and appeared totally unsound mentally, mumbling to herself and rubbing her head, as though she had a headache. Think my big boss was rather offended by the staff's indifference to her presence. So my big boss asked my boss why she was not kept informed of the staff's recent long leave from work. She queried whether the staff was suitable to continue working and wanted my boss to talk to HR about the situation. She mentioned that she has been sympathetic all these years but this staff's history dates as far back as 10 yrs ago and it's still happening. She felt that we had to put a stop to all these and probably ask her to leave or something. So anyway, that was that...our meeting ended at 1250 pm and shortly after that, I went for lunch..
After lunch, my boss called me and asked if I had spoken to that staff about what my big boss said (cuz I think my big boss has this habit of not wanting people whom she talks about to know that she actually talked about them..obviously, she doesn't want to be the bad guy). Obviously, I didn't. Then he explained that my big boss had called him to tell him that that particular staff had gone to apologise to her after lunch, so she wanted to know if he was the one who told the support staff what she had said earlier. And my big boss must have said "no", which only leaves me and my partner. And I think I appear to be the one more likely to have told the support staff although in actual fact, I didn't cuz I m not even close to her! Reason I say so is cuz of a very similar incident that happened some time back...
At that time, my big boss had commented to my boss that her secretary (who happened to be my good friend in the office) was coming over to my cubicle too often, which she felt affected her work. My boss naturally told me, hoping that I would be more wary and perhaps reduce the frequency of that happening. And obviously, since her secretary was my good friend, I told her what was communicated, thinking that both of us ought to be more wary. But I guess what I did not expect was that my good friend went to confront her boss (which was my big boss) and showed her unhappiness. Then my big boss called my boss and asked if he mentioned anything to her secretay and he said he didn't but did not know if I did tell her. I mean, obviously it has to be me or him. If it wasn't him, it would be me! So I guess, this time round, she must be thinking it's me again! So sickening!
Seriously, I dun think my boss is bad or the kind that is selfish and just wants to cover his own backside. He is actually quite nice and fatherly as a person, but sometimes, I think he just says the wrong things at the wrong time. And at times, when he really means something as just a joke, people dun see it that way, cuz he really shouldn't have treated those things as mere jokes. Well, sometimes, I do feel sorry for him, cuz hard as he tries, my big boss just doesn't seem to favour him or think too well of him, I think in part due to his no-EQ jokes and whacky ideas, which sometimes dun appear too whacky...
Then during the meeting, my big boss brought up the issue concerning one of our support staff's recent long absence from work. She said that she had bumped into this staff at the lift and asked "Have you had lunch?" and the staff had totally ignored her and appeared totally unsound mentally, mumbling to herself and rubbing her head, as though she had a headache. Think my big boss was rather offended by the staff's indifference to her presence. So my big boss asked my boss why she was not kept informed of the staff's recent long leave from work. She queried whether the staff was suitable to continue working and wanted my boss to talk to HR about the situation. She mentioned that she has been sympathetic all these years but this staff's history dates as far back as 10 yrs ago and it's still happening. She felt that we had to put a stop to all these and probably ask her to leave or something. So anyway, that was that...our meeting ended at 1250 pm and shortly after that, I went for lunch..
After lunch, my boss called me and asked if I had spoken to that staff about what my big boss said (cuz I think my big boss has this habit of not wanting people whom she talks about to know that she actually talked about them..obviously, she doesn't want to be the bad guy). Obviously, I didn't. Then he explained that my big boss had called him to tell him that that particular staff had gone to apologise to her after lunch, so she wanted to know if he was the one who told the support staff what she had said earlier. And my big boss must have said "no", which only leaves me and my partner. And I think I appear to be the one more likely to have told the support staff although in actual fact, I didn't cuz I m not even close to her! Reason I say so is cuz of a very similar incident that happened some time back...
At that time, my big boss had commented to my boss that her secretary (who happened to be my good friend in the office) was coming over to my cubicle too often, which she felt affected her work. My boss naturally told me, hoping that I would be more wary and perhaps reduce the frequency of that happening. And obviously, since her secretary was my good friend, I told her what was communicated, thinking that both of us ought to be more wary. But I guess what I did not expect was that my good friend went to confront her boss (which was my big boss) and showed her unhappiness. Then my big boss called my boss and asked if he mentioned anything to her secretay and he said he didn't but did not know if I did tell her. I mean, obviously it has to be me or him. If it wasn't him, it would be me! So I guess, this time round, she must be thinking it's me again! So sickening!
Seriously, I dun think my boss is bad or the kind that is selfish and just wants to cover his own backside. He is actually quite nice and fatherly as a person, but sometimes, I think he just says the wrong things at the wrong time. And at times, when he really means something as just a joke, people dun see it that way, cuz he really shouldn't have treated those things as mere jokes. Well, sometimes, I do feel sorry for him, cuz hard as he tries, my big boss just doesn't seem to favour him or think too well of him, I think in part due to his no-EQ jokes and whacky ideas, which sometimes dun appear too whacky...
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