Bring it on

I sometimes wonder why I have this love-hate relationship with my job seeing that my current job has always been a childhood ambition. I shouldn't really complain..rather consider myself lucky that I am where I am right now but there are just days when the relationship borders heavily towards 'hate' that I wish I never became a *@&^** in the first frakkin' place! And apparently my studies forgot to teach me how to avoid confrontations, backstabbing, snubbing in the real world!!

And today just happened to be one of those "days".

See I'd been working my ass off for the past one and a half year on this..let's call it mini project..acting as an intermediary between several parties including sorting out the finer and minute details before the launching of this project...which was to be today.

Today came and the finishing touches were still being made. There was to be a formal ceremony with expected guests numbering around 100.

Much to my surprise, I wasn't included in the guest list. Neither were the rest of the team who had also been involved in the negotiation/discussion/preparation of this project. Yet the organisers made it appear as if they'd been involved in the project from day one! Nice..

Yes this type of behaviour isn't something new but the very least the organisers could do was extend one invitation to someone from the team as an acknowledgment of our efforts. Didn't happen. The head organiser hardly blinked when our paths crossed this afternoon prior to the ceremony.

That was when I came to the realisation that this was personal. A deliberate snub on all of us.

On my defence as well as the team, there was no intention of malice by leaving anyone out. We did our best to accomodate everyone. I guess it's rather unfortunate that certain parties see this as intentional on our part..so out came the gloves..time to play the 'sweet revenge' card.

I certainly wasn't looking for glory. Neither were the rest of the team. Our goals were the same - to achieve the best and fair deal for all parties involved. That has always been my priority where my job is concerned. Heck, I (even) had to put on my working cap on while I was on vacation..if that's not commitment then someone needs to re-define the meaning of "doing your job" for me!

So now I know better. Work smart, not work hard. This won't be my last encounter..no sirreee..sure I'll find myself in a similar or even more tougher/stickier situation than this but what I do know is if someone wants to play hardball with me, then bring it on!