I have been so busy with work and the family and fighting off a cold. What I originally thought were allergies are turning out to be more than just the run of the mill allergies. The terrible thing about being sick is that my patience runs very, VERY short. Let's just say that my fuse is non-existent. Not only am I short with the boys but I tend to get a bit grouchy at work and being grouchy isn't a good thing when you're dealing with people who are impossible.
I like the client that I am working with now. The CIO and the AVP of the department are wonderful to work with. The project is challenging and fun and interesting, but there are one or two people who are just pompous jerks. I think that they believe if they keep talking when a simple question has been asked, that it will make me look stupid. It's a game, I suppose - make the consultant look stupid.
When my patience runs short, I do things like respond to e-mails where the pompous jerk plays the "make the consultant look stupid" game with a very short answer. I try not to write something like, "I'm on to you and your game. I asked a short succinct question and you think that if you just blather on and on, I'll look like an idiot. But, really it's you who looks like a baboon and not me. People know that you can't be counted on to do what you're supposed to do so keep on with your blah blah blah."
I'm always successful in not writing that stuff but instead respond with something like, "Sorry if I didn't make myself clear, but I was asking about . . ." Nothing like taking a sick day and then being stupid enough to check e-mail. Bahhh! That will teach me!
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