so. Boss decides to point the big fat sausage finger at us first before he even wakes up and smells... reality.

there are two faxes a day that need to go out to Boss for the duration of his overseas business trips. the noon/am and the pm fax, we call them. without fail, he will send us an email when he first wakes up in the morning regarding these faxes. by this, i mean it literally.

i begin preparing the noon fax at about 10 am, since i need to gather information from everyone in the office. i then send it off at noon, and at around 2-3pm, he will usually call the office to review the fax with us.

today was no different. i proceeded as usual, and faxed the two pages to his hotel room just as lunch time came around. i then trotted off to seek sustenance with the others thinking that everything was normal.

well...

around 4:30pm, he decided to send three of us email today, questioning, if the other was in the office, since he had not heard a response from any of us. hm... for a man who emphasizes that we should never send him email since he never checks it, he certainly expects a lot.

he also complained in one of his desperate emails, that i neglected to notify him whether i sent him his afternoon information by fax, or by email. what??!! after he yelled at me for sending him email, why would i even attempt to try that method again?? stupid.

anyway. after he griped about me not responding to his email (leading him to think that i wasn't in the office today) he then suddenly discovers my email from this morning sitting in his inbox, and writes me the following:

[copied and pasted]

Any reason why I did not get anything in my am fax ? Please make sure that you send me my am fax even though you may and others may not have anything. THat way, I don't have to wonder if you had sent one and the hotel did not get it or like this am...As I had to be out until 2am last night and with only 4 hours of sleep, I didn't need anything to worry about.

Thanks.

i don't understand this reasoning... front desk of hotel doesn't have it, therefore, the front office staff didn't send the fax at all !! those inept morons !

do i care if he only got 4 hours of sleep?? i don't even remember the last time i got enough sleep. ...oh wait. i did sleep for 12 hours last friday. but that's beside the point.

if he had just used that energy to confirm whether or not it was sent, and to request another copy, things would have been so much smoother, and less painful for everyone involved. but i'm just a lowly honeybee. who am i to suggest efficiency?? ...and trust me, everyone who has tried to argue, suggest, or even casually bring up a point, has been attacked for being irrational, because his point of view should always prevail. this is why we still use a fax machine from the early 80's. seriously.

ok...i've picked my bone for the day. i'm going to be late for class if i don't leave soon...