A longer Monday moan

I had a blazing row with one of my ‘Superiors’ today. Well – when I say ‘blazing row’ what I mean is this: I didn’t like something he put in an e-mail, so I replied in my usual curt, pithy way, and then he phoned me up and had a go at me.

Not what one hopes for when one drags oneself into work on a Monday morning, but I suppose I brought it on myself. I know Those Above Me send out these pointless, self-justifying missives and I know the best way for me to react is to not react, especially on a morning when I’m unenthusiastic about being back at work after the Weekend and thoroughly pissed off by the lack of Summer weather.  Today, I couldn’t help myself, and now I have another black mark against my name, no doubt.
But – to be fair – this particular pointless, self-justifying missive could easily have been left until later in the week. Or maybe even later in the day. I know different people have different management styles but I’d like to think that if I were in his position (which I have no intention of ever being, and after today will probably never be given the chance to be) I would give a bit more thought about when to hit ‘Send’. I’d like to think I would have realised that Monday mornings are always full of ‘urgent’ e-mails without them being added to by someone at Head Office. I’d like to think I would have given consideration to the fact that most businesses around the country are re-opening today after three months of inactivity, and so all filling stations will be back to something approaching pre-lockdown levels of activity, and so all managers and staff will be very busy today, and getting used to more footfall, and so I’d like to think that maybe I would have held back from sending a pointless, self-justifying e-mail about Christmas ordering and a possible reduction in staffing levels.

Still – no harm done, eh?

In other job-related news I have been invited to submit a report on a topic of my choosing to be considered as a discussion point at the AGM later this year.  I have tentatively titled my report “Sexual Inactivity And Its Effect On The Psyche Of Senior Management” but I may just take the sensible option and ignore the invitation completely.

RC 6-7-20

1917 BST