Heh heh

Supervisor operates under the working theory that if he's said it once, he's said it enough: Well, I told you...

Possibly, he trusts the rumor mill to carry official information along with hearsay.

Or, he just hasn't realized that the reason we know everything the President (for instance) says is because there are, um, cameras and reporters there to relay the info.

Is is so surprising then, that he finds himself in a near-constant state of annoyance that his subordinates aren't doing what he told [one of] them they should?

...

So the other day, he tells me a certain paperwork package should go across his desk for review -- he specifically said I didn't have to worry about this, that the sup should bring him the paperwork for review.

Yesterday, I created two of these packages, and both came back from the sup in the normal way; they didn't go over to LeaderMan. What are the chances, I'm thinking, that he remembered to tell them about this new process? But he specifically said I didn't need to worry about it. But he'll get miffed with me if he finds out these didn't go to him.

Classic situation, I know.

So this morning, one of the sups is sitting in LeaderMan's office chatting, and it hit me exactly what I should do: I took the paperwork into the office, and as I handed it to the sup, I smiled and said, "The other day, LeaderMan told me that he'd like to look over this paperwork before it goes out." The sup shrugged and immediately handed the paperwork over the desk to LeaderMan, who joined in, "Yeah, I want to look at those before they go out...from now on..." kind of trailing off at the end, as if he might be realizing that something was going on here, but he couldn't put his finger on exactly what.

Since, of the three people in the room, I'm the only one who knew why this interaction was subversive, I'm the only one who left the room chuckling internally.