The "Reverse" Cock-Block
Monday, August 18, 2008 at 08:13PM 
Danny Conrad does it again. He scheduled a 2 hour requirements walk-through meeting with the business areas last Friday. (A requirements walk-through is a grueling work session between IT and Business folks to ensure IT can provide what the business actually wants. Half the time, the business never knows what they want but still expect IT to come up with a solution.) Anyway, I digress...back to Danny...so he schedules this meeting and I put my team together to make sure we're in full attendance.
The meeting was scheduled from 9:00a.m.-11:00a.m. Knowing Danny likes to listen to himself speak, I blocked out an extra 1/2 hour to accommodate for Danny sitting in his own self-absorbed ego drowning pool. And that was more than generous, I thought. I then scheduled a mid-day romp session with my Mexican Mormon, Johnnie Vasquez. Johnnie and I have been doing a lot of business travel lately so it's been difficult to synch calendars. Lunch hour has been our only opportunity lately. And guess what? I'm taking it!!!
It was now 11:20a.m. and JV was already sending me erotic text messages. Meanwhile, DC is going on and on about shit no one really cares about! I blurted, "So we're coming up on time here. Can we talk about next steps and schedule a part two session later this afternoon or tomorrow?"
"But we've only gotten through a third of this document and we have to cover the bulk of it today."
The rest of the meeting participants were already squirming in their seats with the "I gotta pee" look on their faces. Just when I thought I'd have enough backing on this DC makes a proposition.
"How about we take a 15 minute bio-break and I order lunch in, then will everyone stay?"
Of course! And what was I going to do? Leave and be tagged as the non-team player and let Danny look like God? HELL NO!!!!
Danny knew I had a lunch date since he asks the admin to check what I've got on my calendar daily. I blocked off my mid-day romp session as "Dr. Appt." Of course with Danny here, he knows what that means because that's what he and I used to do back at our other job when we'd take off for extended lunch periods. Well, his would have something to do with his car, like an oil change or something.
Point, he was on to me and knew why I was overly anxious to get out of that meeting that already ran 1/2 hour over.
I texted JV and apologized sincerely and told him I'd make it up to him somehow. Being the understanding guy that he is, no big deal. I mean sure, he was a bit disappointed and may have even been a bit "blue." But there was no way in hell Danny was going take this meeting over without me putting up a fight!
The meeting went on til 2:30p.m. The business still doesn't know what they want. Danny's an asshole. My kitty went from a purr to a roar. But good news is Johnnie accepted my reschedule for Wednesday afternoon. And this time, the subject line read "Meeting w/ Finance." DC stays away from Finance since they're always ripping him a new one with his expense reports!
Good thing, cuz this kitty needs taming!!!
Reader Comments (3)
Here kitty, kitty, kitty...
That must have sucked for JV - nothing worse than carrying a set of blueballs the rest of the afternoon!
Gah! There has to be some kind of maneater around who could gnaw on DC and wring him out a little. We need to think more like Jason does. I've been collaborating with HR and getting devious. Knocked out one little prob but I still have one that's eating at me... sorta like your DC. So, I think we just need to think more like Jason and we'll find a solution. As for JZ's blue balls. Pffft. He'll survive and be more fun when you do get together.