i am seriously craving golden graham s'mores for some reason.

so my newish big boss sent out an email yesterday that very bluntly said that the new documentation requirements/project management policies & procedures that he's put into place need to be adhered to or else it's going to reflect very negatively in annual reviews. he specifically made a point to say that some people are lacking in their documentation to date and that this is the warning to them to shape up.

now the problem that i have with this is that he didn't name anyone specifically. i just think that's a chickenshit way to handle it. if someone isn't performing to standard, you pull them aside and tell them. you don't wait until the year end performance review and then slam them.

the FUNNY thing about this is that i was out of the office when this email was sent. i was at another office all morning. but when i came back i got called into the "principal's office" and was asked why i had such a negative reaction to the email. "uh, what?" "well, i heard that you just started ranting and raving about it. and to be honest, on the one hand i don't care, because this is the way it is. but on the other hand, i'd like to know why this upsets you so" "i have no idea what you're talking about. i wasn't here all morning. i got the email and said "cool, makes sense"".

so. gee. stuff like that doesn't make you a little paranoid that someone's out to get you. noooooo.

now a couple weeks/months ago i wrote a post about how it irritates the hell out of me when people bitch about their lot in life but do nothing to improve it. i've been trying, honest. busting my ass to get the degree and the security clearance done because i've seen the writing on the wall here for awhile. i'd prefer to job hunt with both of those things in hand, because it'll open up so many more opportunities for me. and i've been interviewing when the right looking opportunity comes up. that's been fairly weird for me. i've had several interviews that i knocked out of the ballpark. phrases like "expect an offer letter later this afternoon" have been tossed about, and then they drop off the face of the earth. won't return emails or calls, anything. and this has happened more than once. and that's what kinda freaks me out. what happened to sending out a "hi, we appreciate your interest but we decided to go with a more qualified applicant/our requirements change/the position was filled internally" whatever form letter.

weirdness. did everyone drink the kool-aid while i was overseas?