Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Case in point

5:39 p.m.
From: Design Agency Account Exec
To: Kalisah
cc: NY and others
Re: New photo of Anna

Can you please send me a high-res image of the new shot taken of Anna?

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5:40 p.m.
From: Kalisah
To: AE, NY and others
Re: New photo of Anna?

Did we take a new photo of Anna? I wasn't aware that she was at the photo shoot. Can someone please confirm so I know I'm ordering the right photo?

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5:51 p.m.
From: New York
To: Kalisah
cc: All of the Above
Re: New photo of Ana

As we have been saying all day long. Anna was shot in the orange shirt last Friday. We were sent and approved a photo marked #1234567. I hope this once again clarifies any confusion.

Now was that really necessary? I asked a simple question. I did not allow nor cause the entire project to collapse. And then - I am not kidding you - she spent the next half-hour finding the earlier email that had answered this question already so she could send it to me and copy the world.

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6:42 p.m.
From: NY
To: Kalisah
cc: C-O, Program Executive Director
Fw: Some previous email from earlier in the day

Kalisah, re: Anna's shirt. This email was sent at 7:19 this morning, perhaps you missed it.

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6:43 p.m.
To: NY, C-O, Exec Dir
From: Kalisah
Re: Whatever her subject line said

I did. I was in a meeting all morning at my agency so I was reading through multiple emails at one time. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

Which I think shows a marked improvement in my interpersonal communications skills.

2 comments:

Amy said...

What a bitch. I think it's pretty obvious she's intimidated by you. Why else would she go to so much trouble digging up the other email to try to make you look bad? Other than just being a catty bitch that is, but I think she knows you're good and it bugs her.

Eclecta said...

I like Amy's theory, or it could simply be that NY is a very miserable person who can only feel good about herself at the expense of other people. Maybe her parents always criticized her. Maybe she never had a real friend. Maybe in her heart of hearts she doesn't know how she got this job in the first place and feels she has to show other people up in order to keep it. It doesn't mean it's fun for you, nor am I suggesting you should accept her abusive behaviour, but I feel sorry for her. That's one hell of a lot of misery.