
aka Adam's Long Lost Love
Happy Birthday to you - Happy Birthday to you (it's a good thing Jeanie already downloaded Happy Birthday into your iPod)
It's been a rough week at work. We have a lot of projects that are due. I've had to bring work home each night this week so essentially I'm putting in 12-13 hour days. I don't mind much but will be happy when things slow a bit so we can catch our breath before the next onslaught. I've got skills that allow me to help people in other departments and I rarely, if ever, say no to requests for help. I'd rather bust my butt to help out so that the documents going out are the best they can be. However, this week, I had to say no to a few people because my work is backed up. I gave them other avenues to get the assistance they needed. But, no, that wasn't good enough. Each of these people decided to try and nag or guilt me into it.
"Well, will it really take you THAT long?"
"I know you are very busy with your deadlines but I hope that you will help me anyway"
"But I'm in the middle of a project and need this! I'm going out for awhile - won't that give you time to find what I need and get it for me?"
Mind you, none of these people work in my department and it's not my responsibility to do and find the stuff they wanted. It would have all been favors. I've never said no to any of them before and the one time that I do, AND give them alternatives, they just nag. One person even sent me an email and copied her boss and my boss. My boss is the one who supported me saying no in the first place. In order to get my work done on Tuesday I had to turn off email and my phone to get away from the requests.
It really doesn't want to make me do favors anymore.