Blue Monday

It's Monday, and if I had not been unfairly treated, by a very spiteful and vindictive boss, I would be in the Washington area right now at the meeting that I planned. But, unfortunately, in the "real world", bosses are not what they should be, other people are more concerned about their own future and careers than they are of yours, and so, you are stuck, cleaning the ... out of everything as Kurt Vonnegut would say. So, what do you do when someone punishes you unfairly? It has given me a much better perspective on what not to do as a manager--the lesson I seem to learn on a daily basis at my current job. Do you file an EEO grievance--I'm older, white, and a woman? Do you find ways to get revenge, do you just let it go, and move on--the mature thing to do. I am working toward the latter, since I don't think it would really make a difference to do anything else--and, you get branded as a problem child. Why is it that the managers of the world, who shouldn't even be managers, get away with everything--they have the power. That's what caused the problem in the first place--power--they have it, they abuse it, they think they are justified in their behavior.
And no one can tell them otherwise. No one cares enough to say, Heh, you .... up, and you don't know what you are doing. But, so it goes. Good thing I've got only a few years until I can retire and turn back to a real world, with real people--providing a real service, not playing politics, trying to get ahead, and stepping on everybody as I go. I guess I never learned to play the game, or it is, I just refused to play the game. Not on their terms, not their way, not at the expense of others. Guess, I'm just a product of the 70's and can't lower myself to the standards of today.

Probably will make some people mad by writing this, but guess what, none of the people who should read this and reexamine their management style will ever "stoop" to read a blog.

So, I have vented, and I'm not sure I feel better, but so it goes. Sometimes it takes a period of time before the efforts have an effect.

For my fans, thank you for being there--you know who you are. For my enemies, it would probably be better if you did visit this site--you might learn something. For me,
good night, and may the force be with you.