What does he do all day!!! (vent)

[itiswhatitisn't]

AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!  Sorry, it's that or go outside and scream.  My boss just left me a voicemail.  He'll be around all day.  But in the meantime the nice new spreadsheet he copied from one from 3 years ago is empty.  Apparently he thought to drag up this old spreadsheet, but couldn't be bothered to cut and paste the data from the perfectly acceptable spreadsheet we'd used previously.  Or to correct the dates.  In fact he couldn't be bothered to do anything this week. 

We canceled my experiment for today.  Nevermind that it took me a week to prep for it.  He didn't bother to order the stuff he wanted to test.  I'm supposed to email his boss about his performance.  How can i communicate that all my boss seems to do is sit on his @**. 

[Chocolate Cake]

How can i communicate that all my boss seems to do is sit on his @**. 

You do it by sticking to the facts ("Just the facts, Ma'am").   If you are concise and complete in describing your boss's actions and how he affects your work, his boss will be able to read between the lines just fine.  Remember to keep emotion and "judging" words out of your review.  Dates, times, actions, and results are the key to getting your point across.

[Tabris]

How can i communicate that all my boss seems to do is sit on his @**. 

Dear Boss's Boss:

As per your instructions, I am emailing you about Mr. Busbait's performance.

This week, he has been in the office all week, which has made it easier to get in contact with him (see last week's emails about pink elephants.) 

I have spent ten hours this week preparing to test decaffeinated coffee as rat poison. The experiment has now been rescheduled for 12/28, pending Mr. Busbait's ordering of a coffee maker, Folger's Decaf, and ten rats.

I have spent five hours reconstructing a database I created in 2001 to track tissue usage during sad movies. Mr. Busbait wanted the information reorganized but was uncertain how to cut and paste the contents from one file to the other.

If you wish to have a meeting with me and Mr. Busbait about further experiments, please feel free to contact me. I will be free today from one to five pm, the times I was expecting to be brewing gallons of decaf, and between ten and eleven tomorrow morning. Mr. Busbait is most likely free at any time you wish to contact him either today or tomorrow, but I believe he will be working from home next week instead of coming to the office.

Thank you for your attention.

Weber06

[itiswhatitisn't]

Thank you Tabris, I needed a laugh.  I'm writing everything down in a letter and I'm letting DH see it tonight.  I'd prefer to talk as opposed to write, but I think I'll get the point across.  I'm glad I didn't send it before having calmed down.  I'm new to this.  never had I had such a bad boss. 

[Another Liz]

Useless P. McGee:
 

Ok, that's funny    I may have to borrow that sometime.