Aug 12 2009
WTF????????
This week has been a bit of a slow death. I asked everyone and his mother for work. But, no one had any. Hmm, seems like a bad sign. Either they don’t like me or there is not enough work.Luckily, I had a little bit of work to do for this one partner who caused my friend to quit. He is beyond anal. You remember - he made me summarize the summaries? Well this clown is on “vacation” although he constantly sends me emails. The two of us are editing something and instead of making his edits, he emails them to me in narrative form and asks that I put them into the document. Well, I missed a stray comma and a capital letter. This dude was not happy.He sent me the following email: you missed a comma. You really must be more careful.Hmm that seems a little bit of an overreaction. So, I sent the following email:Sorry, it is hard to see everything in track changes format. I will be more careful in the future.And then he writes:”You need to appreciate the ATD that is required in our practice.”Um, excuse me? ATD? What is he talking about? Oh g-d, he means attention to detail. Is this for real? When did I start working for that little girl in Sleepless in Seattle? And, lets be honest here. I am not searching for my son or looking for my one true love on the top of the Empire State Building. The shit I am doing is no where near as important.Should I respond, I wondered. Hmm. Something like “OMG dude. Be more careful. Ttyl.” Nah. Something more to the point: ”LOL.” Not quite right.”Thanks for your email. Unfortunately I DCATD. Translation: I don’t care about the details.”ISNANJ!!! (I seriously need a new job)Interestingly, I am extremely mindful of the details in my non-work life. I mean there is not a snaggly tooth or a receding hairline that gets passed me. But like Tom Hanks, I pay to attention to the details that matter.
