And some of those days one has to throw one’s self under the bus or off the cliff…
Yesterday was ONE of those days…
Sitting in a meeting with an asshole that I have a 20+ year history with, PHD type with an EGO that barely fits through doors.
Has a tendency to lock in on minuscule details to the extent that he marginalizes the ‘bigger’ picture. In this case it was over a couple of words “missing” from a line on a brief…
So down the rat hole we went, the tensile strength of the wire is NOT strong enough for what you are doing it is only XX lbs!
“Well, there IS a strength member that is adequate for the application, it’s XXX lbs.”
“But you didn’t SAY that, yada, yada, yada…” For about 10 minutes!
I’d finally had enough, told him “Enough, you’re boresighted on trivia and wasting our time (waving my hand to the other attendees), which is typical of your micro-managing style. You haven’t learned anything in the 20+ years I’ve know you because your EGO will not let you admit you’re wrong, and I’ve had enough of your BS!”
And I walked out…
My boss told me later he turned beet red, started gulping like a fish and was literally speechless (I think THAT was a first)!
But they got through the rest of the meeting without anymore BS questions; and apparently I’m ‘not’ invited back for the next meeting! YEA!
Maybe now I can actually get some work done!!!
Ugh, sorry about that.
If it helps I had one of those days as well…:)
I don’t like to get hurt, so I prefer to jump in front of a parked car on those days, but yeah I getcha.
The second half of my comment didn’t show up…
I also said, I you are one gutsy fella.
Is that how you get out of those meetings? I’ll have to remember that one.
Wow! I’ve daydreamed about doing something like that to get out of pointless meetings, but never had the nerve to actually do it. Not to mention the added bonus of telling off some over-degreed under-educated nincompoop. Good for you!
ROFLMAO.
Hang in there Sir! We have one of those types here too.
Dang It ! You are not invited to the next meeting, I hate it when that happens!
Why is it that most of those micro managing PHD types all weigh XXX pounds and barely fit through a door?
Dude. You rock.
Nothing like a bit of truth to halt those types in their tracks. Hope there are no repercussions for you.
I see a lot of that in my world (defense industry).
BRAVO ZULU!
Well done.
I will have to remember that. “Uninvited to the next meeting” is an enviable goal!
Oh, so many of us have dreamed of doing such a thing…
Joke ’em if they can’t take a fuck.
ROFLMAO…
WOW!
Wish I could have done THAT in the years of myriad, stupid meetings I was forced to attend!
Good for you!
gfa
All- Thanks for the comments!
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BTDT!
And it felt REAL good!
Congratulations!!! – Very impressive, Sir!!!
Many times I’ve been tempted to do the same.
You and my Dad! A year-and-a-half behind on a multimillion dollar project and the VP in charge asks why day-one some asshat said no to something that would have cut a year and many dollars off the project. And my Dad said, “You”, and had the VP’s memo at hand. Took another year to clean all the fans, as it were. Didn’t hurt my Dad a bit, but the asshat never headed up another project.
Way to go, NFO! You are my hero. 🙂
Leave it to LL to make me spit water on my keyboard and laugh. Good one, Dude.
drjim- Yep!
TC- Suffice to say he was jumping up and down on my LAST nerve…
OldeForce- Yep, don’t ask the question if you don’t want the answer!!!
Christina- Actually I should have handled it better… but 🙂
CP- LL is exactly right! And most of em can’t…
Please keep us up to date on the followup.
I’m sure that you aren’t the only person with that opinion of him.
http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2013-05-24/
Your meetings sound a lot more fun than my meetings. Can you come talk to MY co-workers?
I have reached the age where my brain has gone from “I better not say that” to “Oh what the Hell, I’ll just say it and see what the f*#k happens.”
Meetings, the practical alternative to work.
Worked with a guy who’s door plate read “Dr. I. M. Pretentious, PHD”
Guess he really wanted people to know he was a REAL PhD.
Meeting, n. A gathering where the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
“And I walked out…”
Bet THAT felt good.
“…and apparently I’m ‘not’ invited back for the next meeting!” Then it’s win-win.
Oh, to have been a fly on the wall. Sounds like just what that rascal needed to hear. I’ll bet there was a cheer in the heart of every other person in the room, too. Proud of you!
Ed- I’m not, trust me… 🙂
Murph- LOL
Rick- Right there with ya…
TOTW- Yep!
Stretch- They ARE out there!!!
BP- That they are (and I’m STILL behind after 3 weeks on the road)
rick- It did, and “I” think so 😀
Phlegmmy- Tank you, tank you! 🙂