an unapologetic apology

Gavin and I spoke again today. He, sort of, expressed regret at the way he spoke to me, and the way he took the word of the guy who led the course and laid into me without giving me a chance to state my case. I'm not sure anything will change, but at least we should be able to maintain some kind of professional relationship now, and hopefully we can both learn to press pause in the future to allow us both time to calm down. Hopefully, too, he might think twice before sending me onto pointless seminars that have no earthly hope of ever teaching me anything worthwhile, which is all I was asking him about when he lost it last week. At the end of the day, I was trying to save him money and to stop his obsession with sending important staff members offsite several times a year, but he didn't see it that way. He saw it as an affront to his status as The Man In Charge, I think. Anyway, we've turned a little corner today and I'm hoping it will lead to better communication from him and a better mindset for myself, because even writing about it here has made me relive the whole thing and get a little riled up again, and that's not good for me.
Thank God I have a holiday booked next month...

RC 23-10-25