Ryan just launched his new Dunder Mifflin Infinity Web site. I wish someone had run it by the finance department. It’s creating errors in the billing and order placements, and then the sales people are coming to me when their clients are getting billed improperly.
I hate being blamed for others’ incompetencies.
Andy sent me an e-mail with one such issue. He said a client who ordered 100 boxes of paper got billed for 500. I told him the Web site was causing a monetary nightmare and a trained monkey could have done a better job putting it together.
It’s a sin to lie, after all.
The issue was quickly resolved after the client threatened to pull their whole paper order. But this was after many ridiculous e-mails between Andy, myself, Ryan and the customer.
I was compiling my detailed complaint to send to corporate about Ryan’s site and the fiasco it caused when Michael called me into his office.
He just got a call from Ryan with a complaint about me. About me!?!
Apparently Andy accidentally attached my e-mail to a message he sent the client … the one about the trained monkey.
I pointed out that it wasn’t my fault that Andy forwarded the e-mail and it certainly wasn’t my fault that the Web site was such an abomination.
Michael told me I needed a more positive attitude.
The debate quickly spiraled to me vs. Ryan. If I filed my complaint against Ryan, Michael was going to file a complaint against me.
And while I offered an effective and orderly work environment, Ryan offered the possibility of friendship to Michael. Clearly my fight was lost.
So now instead of filing my complaint with corporate, I am being tasked with organizing a positive reinforcement, team building afternoon.
I think I’ll decorate with rainbows and butterflies.
