I am the Right Hand of Doom

Monday, March 21, 2011
Okay, that's not true. I'm far too pale, for one thing. Plus there's that whole "Beast of the Apocalypse" thing - not really my bailiwick.

But I am deeply entrenched (entombed, encrusted, embedded) in an executive escalation that's gone on long enough that I've started to refer to it as The Executive Escalation of Doom.

Executive escalations are never fun, and the details of this one aren't mine to share, but suffice it to say that I'm now entering my third week of living and breathing this particular issue on a professional basis. I leave on Wednesday for an in-person meeting that will hopefully put it to bed for good. I know - I'm so funny. And why the heck can't I have customers in places like San Diego or Miami? Instead I'll be returning to Kansas, which is NOT my favorite part of the country.

In the meantime, I'm on a nine hour conference call* today, monitoring the issues that precipitated the escalation in the first place. Things are (so far) going as expected, which is a good thing. I'll take whatever gains I can get, reaching out with both greedy hands.

And on an unrelated note, how in the Sam Hill did I end up with so much liturgical music in my iTunes library?


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*A lot of it is just silence while we wait for measurements to come in for me to analyze. Which is giving me time to listen to sections of David Sedaris' When You Are Engulfed in Flames, narrated by the author. Good thing I have the capability to mute my headset. Dude is funny.

6 comments:

vince said...

And on an unrelated note, how in the Sam Hill did I end up with so much liturgical music in my iTunes library?

For the same reason you are deeply entrenched (entombed, encrusted, embedded) in the executive escalation from hell and you get to return to Kansas - because you pissed off the Universe, my child.

Juan Federico said...

On the escalation; Buena Suerte Mama.

On the liturgical music; it's the sound! DUH

The Mechanicky Gal said...

I tried to listen to David Sedaris' Dress Your Family in Denim and Corduroy. I would LOVE to read it, but his voice put me to sleep.

John the Scientist said...

Look at it this way. You could be moving to Alabam permanently. There, now, a quick trip to Kansas doesn't sound so bad, does it?

On yhe other hand, you won't catch me living with those flatlanders any time soon.

Thordr said...

Kansas isn't that bad, just make sure you drive across it at night, that way you can't see what your not missing.

Tom said...

I spent a week in Kansas one day. I remember they diverted a prop jet (runway wasn't long enough for a regular jet) to Topeka (capitol of Kansas, without the ability to land a regular jet) to pick me up, and I was asleep in the terminal (after 3 days of hitch-hiking) so the stewardess got off the plane to wake me and get me boarded! Of course, this was in 1970, but still!

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