Can be extremely testing on my patience.

For example, yesterday I'm on the phone with a client and she beeps me through the speakerphone. When I don't immediately answer she starts yelling my name repeadedly, over and over. Think of a two year old saying "Mommymommymommymomy". Once I put them on hold she stopped, only to think of another question to ask me the minute I start talking to them again and proceeds to do her "mommymommymommy" deal ALL over again.

Today she starts yelling at me "Why did you double book these people?!" I tell her that I only did it because she expressly TOLD me to yesterday afternoon. So she then tells me that it was a stupid thing to do and it's my fault I listened to her.

I'm sure I don't have it the worst though....

4/24/2008 11:11:45 AM

find a different job

she sounds extremely unprofessional

or you can just do what you would do to a child that is doing the whole mommy thing, just ignore her

it will stop eventually

4/24/2008 11:13:06 AM

I have an advisor that does that shit in grad school.

she'll tell you specifically to do something. then when you do it, she'll ask why you did it?.......denying ever making mention of it before

4/24/2008 11:16:09 AM

Go take a crap in her office.

4/24/2008 11:16:51 AM

I have worked with these types before. I found it helpful to adopt a very serious stance with them. If you are very blunt and call them out on their childish behavior (without sounding like a jackass), they will usually stop.

4/24/2008 11:17:22 AM

You're gonna have to figure out a way to document things that she asks you to do.


Find out if you can start using email for often to ask questions and get answers. It'll leave a paper trail for you to help defend your actions.

4/24/2008 11:18:50 AM

Oh I told my boss (who isn't based in this office) that we weren't communicating enough for me to get my job done (ie, him not responding to me).

He then proceeds to tell me that I'm being incredibly unfair to him and starts whining about how everybody is always so mean.

Didn't do any work for 4 days because he was "tired"

4/24/2008 11:19:24 AM

that's my kinda boss.

4/24/2008 11:20:01 AM

Haha she owns the place, so I guess she's allowed to act however she wants. And I've tried sticking up for myself in a professional way and it only causes her to get insanely angry, so now I just say "Yes! You're so right!" and do whatever it is I was doing before she told me differently. I've never been called out on it. I've learned the ropes, it's just that sometimes I get tired of climbing halfway up.

4/24/2008 11:20:27 AM

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"Didn't do any work for 4 days because he was "tired""

Sorta like how my boss decided on 5 pm on a Monday that she was too tired to work the rest of the week and just didn't come in. Wouldn't be much of a problem if she wasn't a doctor and didn't have that entire week booked!! And guess who gets to call 75 patients when that happens....

4/24/2008 11:22:12 AM

pwnt.


but after those 75 phone calls, it's a pretty damn smooth week, i imagine.

4/24/2008 11:25:01 AM

damn

4/24/2008 11:32:57 AM

Oh and he also can't do anything with word documents or excel spreadsheets because he bought a Mac and didn't understand that his microsoft version of word wouldn't upload onto his mac. And he doesn't want to buy the software that he needs because it's rather expensive (granted i told him this repeatedly, and he didn't listen to me)

So now if I need something approved, I have to read it to him over the phone.

Although, thats partially because he doesn't like to read his own email.

4/24/2008 11:33:32 AM

PM SENT

4/24/2008 11:35:09 AM

that mac office software isn't that expensive, i think it's less than 200 bucks

4/24/2008 11:45:11 AM

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"So now if I need something approved, I have to read it to him over the phone. Although, thats partially because he doesn't like to read his own email."

i hate those types of people

4/24/2008 11:48:16 AM

Is she hot?

4/24/2008 11:51:28 AM

Quote :

"Sorta like how my boss decided on 5 pm on a Monday that she was too tired to work the rest of the week and just didn't come in. Wouldn't be much of a problem if she wasn't a doctor and didn't have that entire week booked!! And guess who gets to call 75 patients when that happens.... "

wait wait, three days ago you were bitching about people being late and your boss pulls shit like THAT? No wonder patients are so disrespectful with her.

4/24/2008 12:05:48 PM

Am I the only one that saw "Dealing with my boobs" at first glance??

4/24/2008 12:10:43 PM

Hit it and Quit it

4/24/2008 12:41:00 PM