It was a good week until right before I left the office last evening. My boss is going to be out of the office Mon and Tues next week and I wanted double check with her about 2 things I needed to take care of on Monday.
I did this; got my answer and then, with a sour look on her face, she states "You know to call ___, ___ and ___ if you have any problems."
This insult is a reference to an incident in March where a client's bad behaviour outside the office spilled over into our office and the end result was that the boss hung it all on me even though I had nothing to do with what had happened. All the damage was done before the client called the office. My sin was 2 voice mails left for the boss about 3 hours apart (explaining what had happened and requesting a return phone call) neither of which she got until a couple days later. The day she returned to the office she laid me open over it wondering aloud if she needed to ask someone to "babysit" me when she was out of town. (Never mind that when I first came to work for her she was able to leave the office for several days at a time for various reasons including the sudden death of her mother-in-law.) No, this client's behaviour caused her great embarassment at the courthouse and how that was my fault remains a mystery. (Compare this to the multi-vehicle chain reaction rear-end collision in which the last car in the wreck gets the blame regardless of the fact that the lead car suddenly slammed on the brakes and caused the darn thing in the first place.) Geez, I am getting upset all over again just writing this.
Guess she has selective short term memory issues forgetting that a month ago she was able to go out of town on vacation for an entire week without incident. Apparently the vote of no confidence in me she cast in March stands. Never mind the fact that yesterday at 4:58 pm on a Friday she came to me to ask about witnesses subpoenaed for a trial on Wed. and the instruction to contact a medical office to determine whether or not another physician was involved in something crucial to our case. Never mind that without looking in the file I could rattle off the list of who we subpoenaed and whether or not they had been served. Never mind that at 5:04 pm on that same Friday I was on the phone with the medical office and subsequently the doctor we subpoenaed. Never mind the fact that I was, in less than 10 minutes and with one phone call, able to get the answer to her question. Never mind the fact that I could offer her the chance to speak to the doctor, whose notes she had been reviewing for a great deal of that very afternoon, in case she needed to ask her something - she didn't. Never mind the fact that she could go into her long weekend knowing that this was no longer an issue. Never mind the fact that I exercised a little personal initiative by going ahead and placing this call (there was absolutely nothing to lose) rather than waiting until Monday as she expected.
Did I mention the fact that there was not even a "thank you" for going ahead and taking care of this? Unless you consider "You know to call ___, ___ and ___ if you have any problems." an expression of appreciation.
Anyone venture to guess what my therapist and I will be talking about on Thursday?
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