What an interesting day. The best part was that I could work from home.I finally figured out what they wanted me to write about for the proposal. It has been really difficult to understand what he wants because he is not used to working with people and so much resides with him. It was obvious that he totally ignored all my work from last Wednesday. What this tells me is not to invest unless he specifically asks. He is also a last minute guy which is not conducive to teamwork.
His wife was apparently sick and he had to take care of the boys. I've never been a job where I knew so much about my colleagues’ family's health. I guess it's the intimacy?
At around 2 pm he was pushing for a call. I had just received everything for the first time and was trying to get through it. Apparently, he was under pressure because he had to take his kids to baseball so we got on a Skype call. Unfortunately, I need to reinstall Skype because I am unable to participate on the calls. We all are on the call and tell him where we are.
I was stunned. He goes ballistic. It was so unprofessional. He was yelling.
"I don't feel like you are collaborating with me. I don't know what you are doing and what structural changes you are making blah blah."
Here we are working like crazy at the last minute because of him and he goes off this tirade. I just wanted to send him what I had--raw--and let him finish it and get the grant on his own. I was speechless and never felt so unmotivated. No one said anything and that got him going even more angry. I was glad that Skype kept me from commenting.
I saw that he called me on my cell when I was on the phone at 5:45 pm but I was done for the day. I am not going to be treated like this and let him stay up all night rewriting it. The irony is that this is what he put into his version as the outcomes, which gives you a different impression of who he is:
In 2008 M will deliver 250 million unique monthly users to our services. We will crush global ignorance and create widespread global enlightenment. People will be happier. Babies will cry less, in both English and Arabic. Poems will be more beautiful. Lovers will not quarrel. Colors will seem brighter. Dishes will break less frequently. Gas mileage will, strangely, also improve. Polar Bears will not drift to sea. I will sleep. There will be peace.
I am learning to put myself first and focus on me. But, I am human, and just stunned that I am even writing about this. I can't wait for the weekend.
I am starting to work on my own plan ... motto: whatever ...
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