thanks so much for the great insights and suggestions (pam -- you were kidding, right, when you used the word "ditzy" at the end of your wonderful post???? )
Today has been calmer at work...I've been keeping myself out of the crossfire -- but haven't gotten much accomplished either. I do intend to change that!
So, yes, this person IS perceived to be a loose cannon, problem-child...problem is, no one is wiling to take on that as an issue...management (senior!) takes great efforts to work around him, putting the rest of the team through their paces to compensate for his crap. I'm tired of it.
I have three classes left for my MBA. I was planning on finishing part-time -- one in the fall and two in the spring. I chatted with h this AM about leaving my job in the beginning of September and finishing up full-time in the fall semester. It would be a significant change $ wise but we could possibly swing it. I have a call into our planner right now. It feels like a bold step that may liberate me from a job that drains the life out of me, gets my degree done sooner and gets me on the market in advance of the 2005 MBA grads. We'll see.
I've been hinting at posting some ideas re. communication -- started a thread over in the KLA section with that as one of my goals -- had lots of insights over the weekend, etc. Well...h keeps surprising and delighting me with the level of honesty and communication he's displaying -- primarily in the area of telling me things that I may not want to hear Over the weekend he told me about some things that I had done that irked him (little but important things like leaving the caps off of things). And just today he told me that he didn't think we could go on our mini-vacation next week due to his school work. He was honest and straightforward about it...I told him how much I appreciated him letting me know he was feeling under pressure and letting me know his limits and he said "I think in the past I wouldn't have said anything but it's much easier for me to tell you things now". Good deal.
Sage
Relax. Appreciate. Be calm. Laugh. Enjoy. Be secure. Be loving. Be loved. Don't personalize. Don't ASSume. Accept. Be grateful.
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Over the weekend he told me about some things that I had done that irked him (little but important things like leaving the caps off of things). And just today he told me that he didn't think we could go on our mini-vacation next week due to his school work. He was honest and straightforward about it...I told him how much I appreciated him letting me know he was feeling under pressure and letting me know his limits and he said "I think in the past I wouldn't have said anything but it's much easier for me to tell you things now". Good deal.
