Pegasus Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Person 1: I need X and I need it soon. Me: Ok. I can get you X today by doing A or within the next couple of days by doing B. For me to do C, I'd need you to do Z. Person 1: A and B won't work for me because blah blah blah. I can't do Z until weeks from now. I really need X. Me (after researching options): I found a solution. I can do D to get you X tomorrow, you would only need to do Y. Person 1: That will be ok as a one time thing but I really can't be doing Y or Z going forward. It's just too inconvenient/time consuming. ARGH! Then TELL me how you want me to do it! I'm doing somersaults here to try to accommodate you. Edited February 9, 2019 by Pegasus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIN MOUSA Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) You don't happen to be trying to work with a toddler do you? https://www.facebook.com/honesttoddler/photos/a.442230055906385/609179572544765/?type=1&theater So sorry you're dealing with a difficult situation (person). Edited February 9, 2019 by JIN MOUSA tried to add link 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 hugs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frogger Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Perhaps person 1 is just lazy? I don't know but laughter is good medicine so you may enjoy this. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 Thank you for the sympathy and laughs! They really helped. I plan to share the "expert" video during a meeting for work if my supervisor agrees. 🙂 As I was falling asleep last night (funny how our minds seem to become more flexible at times like that), I realized that part of the communication problem was that we were misunderstanding one another on one aspect of the request. It seems to be settled for now. Really appreciated the space to vent, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halftime Hope Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I'm in the middle of one of these: a mailing. A three-week project under the best of circumstances, but asked for in four days, no matter that I have other daily work that can't be put down. It was a "four day project" until we figured out how much data would have to be massaged to produce the extract of data needed. And yesterday, I found out that we didn't actually have the items that needed to go in with the mailing. The delay will push us into needing to postpone the projects until after other calendar events are past. That will be a tough sell on Monday. And I'll look like the bad guy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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