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[rae054]

 work yesterday was SO stressful. it started right at 8:30 when i sat down at my computer and didn't stop until after 7pm. i was THIS CLOSE to tearing some precious hair out of my head...but i rationalized that self-inflicted pain would not help the situation. i've mentioned this before but it is really a challenge reporting directly to the VP on some of the projects i am working on. he's a complete stickler for details and i thought that i was pretty good at hashing out the little things but apparently i still need some work in that area. the worst thing is that he copies my boss and her boss on all communication and when i fumble something, everyone knows about it and everyone has some input. and to be honest, i would rather they come right out and tell me what i did wrong and help me to remedy it then sugar coat words to my face and then discuss it amongst themselves in private...because such deliberation always results in a cheerful, "FYI" email to gently remind me to not eff up next time around. with everyone copied, of course. i should just suck it up and be happy that i have been given the responsibility to work with someone at such a high level but it stressses me out to no end. for example, the other day i was asked to write up a short synopsis on a sticky situation with a client and send it to him so that he could stay updated. i did so and copied the boss and her boss just so they knew i did it. well. the VP wrote me back to tell me to look it over again and rectify the typo. what typo? i don't know, i couldn't find one. i read it over and over again. so i found something that could be questionable, grammatically, and sent it back to him. he wrote back (again, other two parties copied) and said "look again." that's it. at this point, i am so pissed and frustrated that i wanted to fling the laptop across the room. and my boss sends me a single sentence with the typo highlighted in red. i left the word "to" out of a sentence. so after all that, i added the "to" and all was right in the world. it was so condescending. it probably does not seem like that big of a deal but when a party of four is involved in my typographical oversights, well...it's embarrassing. especially since 1) i handle a bazillion details a day to ensure that all of my 40-something projects run like clockwork and 2) i routinely edit and proof material coming from the higher-ups (including those mentioned above) before said material goes out to a client. SO. ggggrrrrrr aksjdfkljdsfljdsaf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for participating in my ventfest.