2004-02-26 - 6:48 a.m.
This week at work, my boss had an allergic reaction to something in his lunch and we had to send him to hospital, I accidentally hit our admin assistant in the face, and I had another run-in with Mr."Counting the days until my retirement" Policy Guy (see http://jessica-ruth.diaryland.com/031003_82.html).
My email: "Your area has reviewed all the sections of this contract separately as we've developed it. Do you want to review the whole thing before we send it for signature, or should we send it one to Legal? And please cc your anser to your manager, or Legal won't accept it as binding."
His email, cc'd to no one: "Okay"
My email: "When you say "Okay", do you mean you need to review it again, or that we can go ahead with it? And please cc the email to your manager."
His email, cc'd to his manager: "Okay".
My email: "Sorry, but does this OK mean OK you'll follow up with your manager, or OK to one of the options, and if so, which one?"
His email, not cc'd to anyone: "I've already followed up with my manager."
My email: "Great, but what precisely do you want us to do with the contract? It's really not clear what you're saying when you just say "OK", and legal won't sign off on it.
Several hours later the phone rings, and after a long moment of silence a creaky voice, without identifying itself, drones, "When I say... 'OK'... I mean that... we've reviewed the separate sections of it... and I've followed up with my manager on it... and we're OK with it."
Me: So we can send it?
Him: You can send it.
Me: Great, but I need you to SEND ME AN EMAIL, COPIED TO YOUR MANAGER, WHICH *CLEARLY* *COMMUNICATES* YOUR DECISION, OR LEGAL WON'T SIGN OFF ON IT.
Him: OK.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggghhh. I may be forced to kill him.
