The Lord of the O3

I think almost everyone would have experienced this phenomenon a few times in their working lives. Here at O3 its almost a weekly event. This story is a classic example.

Project team has a meeting with external clients/consultants. Mini-Big Boss (MBB) states his interest to be present at the kickoff meeting. Meeting date was set for Friday but 2 weeks before the meet, MBB says Thursday will be good for him. So team informs clients/consultants of date change. All is good.

The night before the meeting at about 2130hrs, MBB calls the team leader to request for a change in the timing of the meeting. He wants it moved forward by half an hour. Reason unknown.

Team leader calls the clients/consultants the next morning to request the change in timing. They are polite and oblige. That day, MBB is no where in sight in the morning. At lunch time, just before the meeting, he calls team leader to say that he is at the doctors and wants to discuss and prep the team leader on what to speak to the clients/consultants about. MBB then proceeds to request for them to return the next week for a follow up meeting where he would like to sit in. Again.

Ok, so he was ill. That's a valid reason, but it's the blatant disregard of respect and even noticing other people going out of the way to accommodate oneself that bugs me. Furthermore, no apolgies for the trouble. The old fashioned way was that bosses never said sorry as its a sign of weakness. In the present day, its a sign of disrespect. And that is why I call them the Lord of the O3.