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Sorry For The High Maintenance Request

July 11th, 2014 at 12:18 pm

I have one Vice President that I support that is making me uncomfortable. Every once in awhile he will ask me to grab him a soda.

Tuesday he emailed me saying "Could I trouble you for a Diet DP? Sorry for the high maintenance request." I went and got one for him and placed it on his desk. No thank you.

Yesterday he pulled the same thing. He had a meeting and walked right passed the kitchen then sent me a text.

This Vice President knows that it bothers me because 'once' I told him.

Yesterday after he sent that I was not happy. Over something so petty! It made me feel belittled. Never do I ask him to grab me a soda.

If the President that I support knew of this he would not like it one bit. I wouldn't dare say anything either.

Back to yesterday. I ignored it. He came out of his meeting looking mad. He was walking fast and didn't speak to me the rest of the day. I felt uncomfortable because I sit in front of his office. I really shouldn't care but I'm wondering if I'm going to feel his wrath some way or another.

Posted in Work/Career | 5 Comments »

5 Responses to “Sorry For The High Maintenance Request”

  1. Hannah @ Wise Dollar Says:
    July 11th, 2014 at 12:30 pm 1405081834
    1405081834

    Great post. Glad you still have the patience with that Vice President.

  2. Bob B. Says:
    July 11th, 2014 at 01:56 pm 1405086977
    1405086977

    I've never had to deal with a situation quite like that, and I'm not sure how I'd handle it.

    But, I'd encourage you to find a way to head this off before it gets ugly.

  3. creditcardfree Says:
    July 11th, 2014 at 02:19 pm 1405088394
    1405088394

    Good luck getting that solved. A discussion is probably best.

  4. klarose Says:
    July 11th, 2014 at 03:07 pm 1405091224
    1405091224

    Oh I totally understand this.... My boss will text me, and tell me to stop at Mcdonalds and get him a Diet Coke on my way to work. >.<

  5. PatientSaver Says:
    July 12th, 2014 at 01:03 am 1405127023
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    I wouldn't like it at all either. You have better things to do with your time. If he came out of the meeting looking mad and not speaking to you for the rest of the day, then he truly is immature with an inflated ego. I would ignore the requests as long as you're confident the prez wouldn't want you wasting your time on soda runs. It's just an ego thing, pure and simple, and has nothing to do with real "work."

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