I’m really starting to miss being a techie. At least there, there’s some level of minimum objectivity (does it work?) that one can count on.
I thought I asked for something pretty nicely, and it really was for work that I’m not best suited for. I suspect, however, that the recipient was deliberately looking for a negative way to interpret it and saw it as an attempt to offload work to someone else.
That part doesn’t bother me. It’s the not so subtle rejection. In fact, I’d suspect that I was being told off, but with words that still yielded plausible deniability. However, thinking of it that way won’t help me keep an open mind.
I guess this is good for me – it takes all kinds to make the world go ’round. But does it ever feel nasty in the moment.
