more on the move
No sooner did I walk in than OCD Boss says come here .. have you been downstairs yet?
I wonder does he mean this morning or the trillion times I was called downstairs yesterday over issues where had I been told the truth originally there would have been no need for at least a zillion of those trillion times. I was calling it lying earlier but VP of This told me the vendors/contractors/architects didn't lie they were intimidated and so they didn't tell the truth.
Umm .. LIARS .. all
But back to the OCD Boss.
I said: Not this morning.
Well you need to go down and look at the floor in my office. There are two boxes in the floor and I want to know if they are under my desk.
I am not *that* familiar with your furniture layout; can you sketch on that pad where your desk is?
It doesn't matter where my desk is. Are the boxes under it according the floor plan?
After a few rounds of this non communication he decides he will go downstairs with me and show me what he means.
Off we go.
On the way he tells me he is concerned that a painting which will hang across from his desk is supposed to have "gallery" lighting but he didn't see that sort of set up when he was there and could I look into that as well.
Sure. I hesitate but then decide what the heck: Where is the painting going to hang?
Hang? So I am facing it.
I know NOT to ask "where are you sitting" because we've already been through that.
We get to the still under construction site. Its come a long way since yesterday. The walls are all spackled and mostly painted. Floors are being cleaned up so carpet tile can be laid (THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE).
Into his office we go .. he points to the two floor boxes (for those not into construction or electrical lingo "floor boxes" are recesses in the floor where outlets for phones and computers go) and says: Is this where its supposed to be?
I say, knowing full well that I cant ask about where his desk goes, I will ask.
Now you maybe wondering why he didn't ask someone on the work crew when he was there earlier and I will tell you. Its because I get paid the big bucks and its my job to do just this sort of thing.
Off he goes and I head down the hall looking for someone to ask. Unluckily for him VP of This is walking my way.
Hey VP of This can I ask you something?
Sure. But calm down.
Come look at this.
Okay but calm down.
I was just here with OCD and he...
Calm down.
I am CALM. BUT if you continue to tell me to CALM DOWN. I will show you how NOT CALM I CAN BE. Now my voice is resonating through the halls and I am getting into it. I DO NOT WANT TO BE TOLD TO CALM DOWN.. I need come down here and let go a good scream .. man that would be extremely liberating.
Sorry.
And so I ask about the floor boxes. And the gallery light for the painting.
The NotVP of This appears magically with floor plans and we look. Yes. The floor boxes are exactly where they should be. There is a recess lighting whatever that will contain the gallery light which will wash the wall with light .. hence the name Wall Washer.
Excellent. Mission accomplished. And VP of This and I walk out but as we do he looks back and says THAT is the ugliest carpeting I have ever seen.
Uh Oh.
Now I turn on him and let loose .. I wont bore you with all the particulars but suffice it to say the carpet people LIED to me. And I tell this to VP of This in a very UNCALM tone of voice. He is going to see what he can do...
I come up to my office and tell OCD Boss that all is well with his floor boxes and painting lighting.
Then I tell him in a NOT calm tone about the carpet. He is a smart man. He listens and says nothing.
I go sit down and have coffee because I am convinced I am going to stroke out.
After I am very calm I call the architect's office and tell her how disappointed I am in the way the carpet looks and how I wish she had told me upfront that what I wanted couldn't be done and I tell her I have spoken with VP of This and I want this fixed.
You'll need to wait til I hear back from everyone to learn along with me how this works out.
Move date is Thursday.
I wonder does he mean this morning or the trillion times I was called downstairs yesterday over issues where had I been told the truth originally there would have been no need for at least a zillion of those trillion times. I was calling it lying earlier but VP of This told me the vendors/contractors/architects didn't lie they were intimidated and so they didn't tell the truth.
Umm .. LIARS .. all
But back to the OCD Boss.
I said: Not this morning.
Well you need to go down and look at the floor in my office. There are two boxes in the floor and I want to know if they are under my desk.
I am not *that* familiar with your furniture layout; can you sketch on that pad where your desk is?
It doesn't matter where my desk is. Are the boxes under it according the floor plan?
I told you he was OCD but I didn't tell you that he often ends his statements with "right?". And the answer is of course, "right" .. only once in 8 years have I ever felt the need to say No. And after I explained why it was No he accepted it.SO back to the banter.
This time I couldn't agree or disagree because I really am not *that* familiar with where his desk will go.
After a few rounds of this non communication he decides he will go downstairs with me and show me what he means.
Off we go.
On the way he tells me he is concerned that a painting which will hang across from his desk is supposed to have "gallery" lighting but he didn't see that sort of set up when he was there and could I look into that as well.
Sure. I hesitate but then decide what the heck: Where is the painting going to hang?
Hang? So I am facing it.
I know NOT to ask "where are you sitting" because we've already been through that.
We get to the still under construction site. Its come a long way since yesterday. The walls are all spackled and mostly painted. Floors are being cleaned up so carpet tile can be laid (THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE).
Into his office we go .. he points to the two floor boxes (for those not into construction or electrical lingo "floor boxes" are recesses in the floor where outlets for phones and computers go) and says: Is this where its supposed to be?
I say, knowing full well that I cant ask about where his desk goes, I will ask.
Now you maybe wondering why he didn't ask someone on the work crew when he was there earlier and I will tell you. Its because I get paid the big bucks and its my job to do just this sort of thing.
Off he goes and I head down the hall looking for someone to ask. Unluckily for him VP of This is walking my way.
Hey VP of This can I ask you something?
Sure. But calm down.
Come look at this.
Okay but calm down.
I was just here with OCD and he...
Calm down.
I am CALM. BUT if you continue to tell me to CALM DOWN. I will show you how NOT CALM I CAN BE. Now my voice is resonating through the halls and I am getting into it. I DO NOT WANT TO BE TOLD TO CALM DOWN.. I need come down here and let go a good scream .. man that would be extremely liberating.
Sorry.
And so I ask about the floor boxes. And the gallery light for the painting.
The NotVP of This appears magically with floor plans and we look. Yes. The floor boxes are exactly where they should be. There is a recess lighting whatever that will contain the gallery light which will wash the wall with light .. hence the name Wall Washer.
Excellent. Mission accomplished. And VP of This and I walk out but as we do he looks back and says THAT is the ugliest carpeting I have ever seen.
Uh Oh.
Now I turn on him and let loose .. I wont bore you with all the particulars but suffice it to say the carpet people LIED to me. And I tell this to VP of This in a very UNCALM tone of voice. He is going to see what he can do...
I come up to my office and tell OCD Boss that all is well with his floor boxes and painting lighting.
Then I tell him in a NOT calm tone about the carpet. He is a smart man. He listens and says nothing.
I go sit down and have coffee because I am convinced I am going to stroke out.
After I am very calm I call the architect's office and tell her how disappointed I am in the way the carpet looks and how I wish she had told me upfront that what I wanted couldn't be done and I tell her I have spoken with VP of This and I want this fixed.
You'll need to wait til I hear back from everyone to learn along with me how this works out.
Move date is Thursday.
