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October 10, 2005
Crying my Little heart out
This is just an example of feedback that I recevied from an SME on a course that I VOLUNTEERED to help out on...and spent Saturday morning in the office, throwing up while SICK, to HELP out my co-workers.
Oh yeah, and to set the tone nicely, Friday at 12 noon, we had a conference call with this SME so he could sit there and call us names, and tell us that we were stupid, and knew nothing about the English language, and nothing about instructional design, and that he is so Intelligent!! and that we have COMPLETELY screwed up HIS MASTERPIECE!!! Therefore, I went through and indicated to the SME each item that I changed and why. Here's how it went:
I extracted this comment from the review tool that we have. He left this lovely note the slide...yes and please note how EXTREMELY professional that is (and by the way this is a modest one. He wasn't so mean in this one, just sarcastic):
SME Issue from QS: Same problem. This is all superficial motherhood and apple pie baloney unless accompanied by the details.
My Response and clarification questions:
Cleaned up wording in audio. (Can return it to original if desired)
Wrote new bulleted list to go with audio.
SME: Did you want the bulleted list in the notes on the screen? What audio can be used to support this bulleted list.
SME: The last two paragraphs (In italics), that was my mistake. They were left out when storyboarding. How would you like me to treat the last paragraph? Add it to the current audio and current LMNK bulleted list? Or will this audio chance so that it can support the SME bulleted list.
SME e-mail this morning
I seem to have made Elizabeth hostile or defensive. If so, I
apologize.
Reguardless of the fact that I AMMMMM hostile and DEFENSIVE because not 72 hours ago, he called me stupid and not fit to walk this earth...but do you see HOSTILE and DEFINSIVE in my response to him??? Do you see UNPROFESSIONAL in my response?!!?!? Because I DON"T!!! But I do see unprofessional in his STUPID COMMENTS ABOUT MOTHERHOOD AND APPLE PIE!! WTF!?!?!?!
Anyway, after reading that I marched over to jeff, requesting he review my comments for unprofessionalism, and promptly got in my car and drove home crying. I have no cried myself out and can work again...so Seymen is taking me out to lunch and then I'm going to work at Fuji with him. NOT ON THIS GUYS WORK THOUGH...On MY OWN PROJECTS...Jerk-off!!!
Posted by beth at October 10, 2005 11:42 AM
Comments
Beth, be careful! I just read an article about people who are being fired for their blog postings. Maybe you should take this one down or rearrrange the details so it's not obvious who you work for, what you're working on and who you're complaining about.
I'm sorry about what happened, though. That sucks.
With affection from your sister's busybody friend Anna
Posted by: anna at October 26, 2005 12:40 AM