Argh ruining my day...bloomin' bosses.

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So I was having a rather nice day, been out for lunch with a friend, starting to really look forward to the local village show tomorrow (see my other thread about pushy parents!), planning on finishing work early tonight and going home to ride my wonderful Big Ears. And then my boss from my part time job texts me (he always texts me, which I personally am starting to find a bit rude. Why can't he ring and ask me stuff?) telling me that I need to go into work tonight as he's promised that I'll take a foal registration pack to the races on Sunday for a horse owner.

Now second job is twenty minute drive in the opposite direction of home, and he's text me again to say that a horse owner has provided a second choice name for a foal (first was taken) and I can do the passport tonight while I'm there. This has put me in quite a grumpy mood.

I know I could just refuse, and say that I'll be in the office as planned on Monday or Tuesday evening, but (a) he knows I have nothing planned tonight other than going for a ride (the drawbacks of being Facebook friends with your boss) and (b) he's planning on retiring and handing over the running of the PIO to me (subject to the directors' approval), which would become a full time job for me and something I am DESPERATE to do. This, of course, he knows, so has started to dump loads of extra stuff on me because he knows full well I can't say no.

I'm not really after advice (I'm sure you'll all say what my mum said when I text her, which is 'tell him to bugger off and you'll be in next week', or you'll say I'm lucky to have the job), I just wanted a rant. It doesn't feel right it being such a lovely day and me being in such a grump! And I don't want to miss out on special time with Big Ears, because we've just started our learning process together and deep down I know she loves me taking her out for rides!

Rant over (thanks for listening, if you got through all of it!)
 
Can totally understand why your feeling cheesed off buttttttttttt I would go in and do what he asked just because of the nice promotion your going to get in the end. I personnally wouldnt want to risk putting his nose out of joint, you never know and better to be safe than sorry. My only advice would be to back off with your updates on FB or make it appear your very busy when you update, think you can also play around with the controls on FB so that he can only see certain updates.
 
I know :( I'm reluctantly going in. I actually love my job, and I wouldn't mind doing everything he asked if he did just that - ask. I mean, I'm going to the races on Sunday anyway and I don't mind taking things for people, but I just think maybe he could ask before telling them that I'll do it no problem.

Oh well, I'm gonna become the busiest person in the world from now on if my future FB status' are anything to go by :D
 
SarahThomas said:
I know :( I'm reluctantly going in. I actually love my job, and I wouldn't mind doing everything he asked if he did just that - ask. I mean, I'm going to the races on Sunday anyway and I don't mind taking things for people, but I just think maybe he could ask before telling them that I'll do it no problem.

Oh well, I'm gonna become the busiest person in the world from now on if my future FB status' are anything to go by :D
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Ahhhh, but if he had asked then you could of said no! lol ;) You do have my sympathy though, been in this sort of situation before. Manipulating your FB status's is always a handy way in avoiding certain people or putting them off the scent. I am not ashamed to say ive done it many times! haha :p
 
It's a good job Big Ears can't tell the time, I'm sure she won't notice too much if I'm a bit late getting home to ride her! She'll probably have been waiting by the gate hoping I don't come home so she can get away with doing nothing!
 
What an annoying situation to be in, but I agree that you should probably do it, fingers crossed for your promotion.
Another option with your facebook is changing your privacy settings for your boss. I'm not sure exactly how you do it but it is entirely possible to limit what one person or a group of people sees so you could stop your boss from seeing your status updates if you wanted.
 
Apercrumbie said:
What an annoying situation to be in, but I agree that you should probably do it, fingers crossed for your promotion.
Another option with your facebook is changing your privacy settings for your boss. I'm not sure exactly how you do it but it is entirely possible to limit what one person or a group of people sees so you could stop your boss from seeing your status updates if you wanted.
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Easiest way is to click on the little 'friends' bit at the bottom of the 'new post' box - then select 'custom', and put bosses name in the 'hide this from' bit.

I do this a lot - to prevent my teenage son from seeing some of my more off-colour updates!
 
I agree that texting you is very rude and not something I'd do to staff especially when asking a favour - also there's far too much risk from my side of them saying they didn't get the text!

Being FB friends with your boss, or indeed anyone you work with, is in my eyes a big nono - far too risky.

Hope you can get 'in and out' quickly this evening & still ride. I feel your pain as have my team working hard at 6pm this evening (and am only on here as am waiting for them to produce something so that I can carry on :p) Would also much rather be riding but doesn't look likely :(
 
Considering the problems my partner is going through at the moment, which he has caused by being too much of a damn push over, just say no. Also remove them from fb, so dangerous, and causes loads of hassle. The more you do for people, the more they take the p*** then get really stroppy when you don't or can't do something.
 
I completely share your pain! I have been in a joint position at work with another person for the past year and he has now been given a promotion which gives him more responsibility but requires him to also keep the same joint position with me. Suddenly this evening he has written me an e-mail basically trying to palm a load of his stuff off on me.

Similarly it is under the guise of 'if you do well you might get a promotion out of it. To be honest, I'd rather not! I'm snowed under as it is so I don't really need any more responsibility and I'm damned if I am going to do all his work so that he can focus only on the more exciting side of his new promotion.:mad:
 
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