As usual, I had been working OT today.
I didnt want to, especially after I worked 5 hours of OT on sat, but I couldnt finish what I have to do. Sometimes I think I am really not productive. Given a more stringent deadline, like 3 hours, I bet I can churn out the drawing as well.
But because I was given one full day of undivided attention, instead I couldnt finish it even within 8 working hours.
Jes wasnt in the office today and hence I had a lot of time to mingle with other colleagues. I had lunch with ncn, slt and ec, had quite an in-depth conversation with ylp and pris in separate moment.
Especially pris. I never had much time to talk to her before, but within that 30mins today, we agreed that the jobscope and workload at this job is very okay, but the supps are the one monsters.
UFOs, we called them now. These unidentified flying objects hover above our heads and waiting for chance to peck at us.
Pris's ufo is ylp, while my ufo is adl, jes's ufo is vnc. I am still dissed with vnc for what he did on fri. So much so that when iris came by to look for him just now I just muttered that 'He's dead, so I heard.'
Sometimes I am so childish I want to smack myself.
Then again, he isnt very matured to begin with. 'Nuff said.
Last fri, I was very tied up with one project when he told me he need me to help him with another. I told him that current one that I was doing is needed by the same day and whatever he wants can only come after.
He told me he need it the same day as well.
I look at my workload and I thought I should be able to finish it by 4pm. I asked him if his project can wait till 6? And he asked me if I could give it to him any earlier.
I laughed and told him 5:45 then and he still wanted earlier. I told him last bargain, 5:40 and that's it. I had other project commitments and I dowan to tell him a time which I cannot commit.
At 4.00, I realised I cant finish my own project and I started getting worried. I tried to pia thru my work but because I had autocad dwg to do, pics to scan and annotate, and I still need to explain the project to jes. I was falling behind schedule and I was beginning to worry about not being able to finish vnc's project.
At 4:30, he called me and asked if I looked for him. I told him I didnt and admitted that I havent got to his dwg yet. He told me the client had called him 20 times already and he didnt answered her calls. I told him never mind, I will call the client and settle it for him then. And I ended his call.
I called the client and tried to explain to her that because vnc is on leave, I was in charge of coming up with the drawing for her so that she can get it the same day. She immediately said that she spoke to vnc that morning, what do I mean that he is on leave?
(Knn. Never bak gak properly with me. Dio lia.)
I sheepishly confessed that vnc is actually on half day leave and he already passed the project to me, only that I was too tied up with my other projects to get to hers.
(Stupid me, still trying to help him cover up.)
I asked her if she could give me another 2 hours, and she practically shouted what do I mean by asking for another 2 hours when she already gave us 2 days! I was at a total loss for words as I didnt realised the length of time where the project had been given to us. She said she needed the information (in quantities) immediately because the colleague who needs it is going overseas the same day and that colleague will only be back after cny.
Painfully, I told her I will give her the quantities in 30 mins and she was appeased.
(Honestly, I dunno how come I dare to promise something like that then, but I was really at the edge of the cliff, I had to give an answer no matter what.)
Eventually, I managed to give her what she want, even swallowing her sarcasm when she implied I must had bad news when I called her exactly at 5. I had the information then, but the moment she heard my voice she asked me "Bad news I believe?"
I ignored her and relayed the information. She asked me if I took into consideration some of the factors and I was stumped once again.
Apparently she told ckw, and ckw supposed to tell vnc who was supposed to tell me if he needs me to do the drawing. But hell, nothing was conveyed and I had no fucking idea of what happened.
Still, I managed to fend for myself and ended the call quickly enough, and ended the verbal ill-treatment. Fed-up, I called vnc and demanded to know how come he didnt give me sufficient instuctions.
He acted like he dunno anything.
I had to bite my tongue to avoid lashing out vulgarities like I usually would, and asked him if he wanted me to do anything, shouldnt him be giving me enough information, instead of leaving me rendered speechless in front of the client?
He had the guts to tell me "So?"
I demanded to know if it was a set up, and did he got me to call that client when he knows very well that I would be taken to be the dartboard immediately. He again, told me "So?"
To realise that he did it on purpose really drain air out of me. He is not even my boss now and he is stabbing me. Luckily it is a shallow wound. I dont understand how come adl is like that, vnc also have to be like that.
Create some mess with the client then acted like nothing happened and got an unsuspecting me to call to get scolded on their behalf.
Tamade.
I quietly asked vnc so he feels I fully deserved to be ranted at, despite the fact that the project was not mine to begine with? He said "Yes."
I thanked him and slammed the phone.
Today jes told me vnc asked her if I was scolded by the client on fri. Jes told him an affirmative answer and he told her he need to call the client to apologise for not answering her calls.
I told jes shouldnt vnc be apologising to me instead? Especially after I've appeased the client for him?!?!!? HUH!!!!!
By the time vnc call the client, she would have no more anger because she had already vented her anger towards vnc on me and I have since settled the project for her.
While I was working OT just now, jes had left and I was the only one in the team still working. Vnc called and I told him jes isnt around. He insisted that he wasnt looking for her, and he called and asked to be put through to anyone in his team. As I was the only one left, I had to pick up the call.
I cannot understand why is it that he was looking for jes but he die die also dont admit. Mchl is on mc, and there is only jes who is directly under him. If he called back trying to reach for someone in his team, it is obvious, I can even tell using my toenails, that he is looking for jes.
But he refused to admit, and I dowan to argue with him, I was tired.
He asked me why was I still in office at that time, and I told him that it had got nothing to do with him. I kept demanding to know what he wants. Did he need me to check his email for him? Did he need me to find a file for him? Did he what???
He mentioned that he called the client and had settled the problem. He said the client had no outstanding issues for she had already liased with me. He told her he was in a seminar and couldnt answer her calls and could only send me an sms.
Very smart, 推得一干二净.
He is really testing my limits. I have no idea how to defend myself against his sabotage at all. Against adl I could just put on my defiant front and insist on my way. With vnc why am I at such a lose-lose situation.
Could it be he is reading me like an open book like I him? I can predict almost every reaction he have, yet I cant come up with ways fast enough to fight him.
I am fighting a losing battle, it seems.
Monday, January 23, 2006
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