Is it possible for your head to actually explode

Man! You ever had one of those day? One of those days were all kinds of things go wrong? One of those days where you think your head is actually going to explode? I could imagine it. I could see bits of my skull and my brains exploding all over my office and my really kewl new computer and all those files on my desk. I could actually see it. And it wasn't yet noon.

The situation at my office continues to worsen. The apathy among the staff, particularly my secretary, seems to have degenerated.

In some respects I feel like I've created a monster. All of thes associates are pissed off and getting quite open about it. One of the associate lawyers decided to take the high road. He said in his memo "we need to have more meetings" (gawd what a thought!) and "we need more training." He otherwise talked about himself and what he wanted to do and his work.

At lunch and when I'm about to go crazy because something I asked two weeks ago to be done still.hasn't.been.done.he's the first to join me in my litany of complaints. His take on the situation is "it won't ever be different so I'm not going to bother telling them what they already know but obviously don't care about." I guess I can respect that.

I feel a little differently. I can't know that they know and don't care unless I actually tell them. If, after sharing my experiences with them, they still don't care, then I guess I'll have some choices to make.

I didn't want to be out on a limb all by my lonesome. So I began to talk to two others I know are painfully unhappy with the support staff situation. I think I got them when I told them that one of the partners described our support staff as "stellar." And he actually did, I didn't have to make that up. I saw one of the memos one of the other associates did. His makes mine sound almost mild. I didn't see the other one, but she told me she named names and didn't hold any punches.

I named names in my memo. I gave specific examples of where it's falling apart at the seams. I gave suggestions where I thought it should be improved.

I guess we'll see if anything will actually come of it. If I don't get some help soon, I think my head may actually explode and that would be an ugly thing.

Be Safe,
M&Co.