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how is your mess my fault?  

WistfulWench

8/30/2005 12:34 pm

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8/25/2007 9:01 am

Day 2 of the budget process and it’s already begun....

My conversation today with a member of the I team:

Him: Your information is wrong.
Me: How is my information wrong?
Him: I didn’t post that.
Me: That’s what you submitted.
Him: No it’s not.
Me: Then how else did I get it?
Him: I don’t know, but you’re wrong.
Me: Well, that was last month. You can fix it this month.
Him: No, you have to fix last month.
Me: Last month is done. It’s closed. We’re in this month now.
Him: No. You have to fix last month. It’s wrong and no one should see it.
Me: I can’t change history. It’s been seen by hundreds of people already. Why change it?
Him: Because it’s wrong.
Me: But that’s what you submitted.
Him: No I didn’t.
Me: It’s wrong, it’s not what you submitted, it needs to be fixed now even though it’s historical. Why?
Him: I don’t want people to see it. They may draw the wrong conclusions.
Me: Then notify everyone who uses this information that you made an error.
Him: I didn’t make a mistake. Your information is wrong.
Me: I’m good, but even I can’t change history. I can’t make people “unsee” what has been seen.
Him: This is all your fault.

How did this become my fault? I’m not the one who posted the wrong information. Everyone who works in the program has their own user name and password, so no one BUT him could have posted it. Why is it impossible for some people to just admit that they made a mistake? Is their ego so big that they are above us mere mortals? Why is it so important to rewrite history? Geez! If you screwed up, just apologize to everyone and move forward! Of course, if your apology is structured in a manner that points fingers at someone else, it’s not much of an apology....

It’s only Day 2..... What do I have to look forward to over the next 55-69 days?

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