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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 11:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanWill someone explain to me why it is considered unacceptable to assassinate one’s ‘superiors’? Not necessarily for a single, or even a second transgression, but certainly one it has become clear that the stupidity is habitual and ingrained.
Having insisted that we cannot delay (though it would make life operationally easier, with no clear disbenefit1) to either us or stakeholders, we have had to cram in a meeting tomorrow that would have been better held next week. Having set that meeting and had people turn over their calendars to make it, she then insisted we put it back a half hour. That means the meeting can only last a half hour as necessary attendees have other commitments. So there we are; rearranged again.
Having created all the havoc in the world, we are now informed she has a prior appointment and cannot attend anyway.
Why is it not permissible to put these people out of my misery?
1A bastard word, but annoyingly, one that more closely approaches the concept than say, drawback, disadvantage or downside.
Having insisted that we cannot delay (though it would make life operationally easier, with no clear disbenefit1) to either us or stakeholders, we have had to cram in a meeting tomorrow that would have been better held next week. Having set that meeting and had people turn over their calendars to make it, she then insisted we put it back a half hour. That means the meeting can only last a half hour as necessary attendees have other commitments. So there we are; rearranged again.
Having created all the havoc in the world, we are now informed she has a prior appointment and cannot attend anyway.
Why is it not permissible to put these people out of my misery?
1A bastard word, but annoyingly, one that more closely approaches the concept than say, drawback, disadvantage or downside.
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Date: 2008-12-09 01:29 pm (UTC)The Operative: You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw themselves on their swords.
Dr. Mathias: Well, unfortunately, I forgot to bring a sword.
Dr. Mathias: [as the Operative pulls out his sword] I would put that down right now if I were you.
The Operative: Would you be killed in your sleep, like an ailing pet?