Grrrrrr....

I am so angry I could chew nails.

When I started in this position, I took over doing the monthly newsletter. I don't mind, it's kind of fun. But I get very little support in doing it - the director is constitutionally incapable of having his contribution done on time, people don't submit anything to be included without coaxing, and even the date it's supposed to go out was never really set. So, I limp along.

Now, apparently, someone's decided this needs to be "fixed" and I came in this morning to a bunch of ignorant and slightly patronizing emails. Could I please send out an advance email asking for contributions. Sure, like the ones I send out every month? The ones that go to your inbox too? Could I work out a schedule for the next three months, including time for the bigwigs to review it? I'd love to - what freakin' publication date would you like for that? And suddenly it needs to be reviewed? I don't mind, but it would be nice if someone would tell me what I have/haven't been doing that you think you need to catch.

AND, not only did I get the email directing me to ask for contributions, but they sent an email out to the specific people they wanted to contribute. So now, I look like they think I'm incompetent and it looks like we can't be bothered to talk to each other within the office. Which, come to think of it - I guess we didn't! The thing that absolutely frosts me though, is that those people responded to their email with contributions that didn't to mine.

Yup, nothing like ending the week on a high note.