It really irritates me when people can’t follow directions, and can’t do their jobs properly.

I received a letter this week about Matthew’s latest evaluation for gifted. The letter explained that a report was on the school, and we could contact the school to get a copy. So I called the school, and the guidance counselor told me there was no report at the school yet, and they wouldn’t get it for a week.

Really? Because the letter I have in my hand says it’s on file AT the school. Now.

She begrudgingly went to look for the report, and lo and behold, it WAS at the school. Gosh, just like the letter SAID it would be? Imagine that! She said we could pick the report up, and since Jim was already out running errands, I told her that my husband would be over in ten minutes.

When Jim returned home, I asked him for the report. Funny thing about that – when he arrived at the school, there was no report waiting for him in the front office, and the desk clerk wouldn’t call the woman I spoke with to assist because she was “busy”. What. The. Hell?

I called back and DID get her on the phone, and she was….hmm…bewildered. She’s not busy at all, so she didn’t know why the desk clerk wouldn’t have called her. But she did admit she never got around to getting the report up to the front desk, despite me telling her my husband would be there within 10 minutes. I asked her to send a copy home with my son instead. Can’t – again policy. Tell me what’s on it, then? Can’t – against policy. Can you MAIL it? Gee whiz, she’ll have to ask if that’s allowed.

Well, what IS allowed? Apparently, only picking it up, in person. Uh…you mean like we just tried to do, except you botched that for us?

Sheesh.

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