Smugness level 1000

[elusivek]

So…. Following my last post of being petty, I’m also feeling pretty smug.

There hast no fury like that of a scorned woman LOL.

I’ve once detailed the story of how I flunked my MBA program. It was more I made a choice not to pursue it due to lots of BS.

Today I have my last laugh. Finally!

So some guy contacted me via my most hated subordinate, to invite my boss to be part of a judging panel for an event, but I was thinking, it’s good for my Boss’ exposure, so I accepted the referral and asked my Boss. He was interested in the whole thing too, so we said yes.

Then, I receive an email from this one person that I never wanted to deal with ever again, it was someone from that MBA school. He was the new rector when my situation went to hell back then. He also did not help with my situation. In fact, he made it worse by contacting me via Facebook (how more unprofessional can you be?) trying to coax me back to get back into the program, because they needed to up the successful graduation rate.

Meh. What a small world, I thought. But work is work, I have to put away my shame and embarrassment, and more important, my annoyance aside.

Fast forward a month, and it was obvious my Boss wouldn’t make it in time back into town, I replied them saying as much. It’s like they never received my missive, and they come back to me asking if my Boss confirms. So I reply again and say yes but he’s out town. The first coordinator had mentioned they will make an online stream option, so I ask if they will do it.

They say yes, so I wait. Event is then postponed a week. But no changes on their website. Then finally, I receive the official invitation…. 4 days before the event.

I’m quick to reply that… there’s no web streaming instructions, and since it’s a judging panel, what’s the rundown, abstracts of all the contestants, scorecard samples, scoring objectives, and the like.

Ex-rector replies they will send everything before Friday.

It’s now Friday 20:40, work day over, event is tomorrow at 9am, and still nothing. Absolutely nothing. I called the contact number they provided for 3 days, but no one ever answered. I sent an email this morning to remind them, and just before I closed for the day and weekend (Monday and Tuesday off!), I shot them another email, very diplomatic, politically neutral, polite, but basically dissing them that they are the ones who failed.

“I have yet to receive the briefing pack, and without the web streaming details at this time of the day, I’m afraid if [my Boss] encounters any technical issue tomorrow there is no on-site IT technician on [my Boss]’s side to provide assistance.”

It’s basically the same thing that led to my deciding to not pursue my MBA. This time though, I “attacked” them.

Ah. I feel smug.

Mini-not-quite-revenge is sweet.

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