Oh, yes. Now I remember...

With the current audit going on, and Anarchist Prime down with food poisoning (and threatening to come up for the audit now that he's out of hospital - we still don't know if he's joking or not), and my old superior, Darth Chaos back in action again to cover for him, I'm starting to remember why it was that Darth Chaos used to drive me up the wall.

She is, in her own special way, just as autocratic as Anarchist Prime. The big difference is that Anarchist Prime's patience is very limited and it doesn't take much for him to start giving orders. Darth Chaos, on the other hand, argues over things. She argues about the way she wants things done, instead of just ordering.

With a blunt order, I know where I stand. I know that it's a battle that isn't worth fighting. Therefore, if I still disagree with things, I'll switch to guerilla tactics (if I'm desperate) or just give up and go with the flow.

Darth Chaos' approach, however, leaves me five times as angry and frustrated, because it takes me five times as long to get through the whole mess of a conversation.

What's worse is that the conversation that prompted this post was over something that really should be sorted out by Mistress Mouth and I, in the post-audit sessions. It shouldn't be being done by Darth Chaos, whilst the audit is still going on. And, it is, in my opinion, a pretty trivial matter to boot.

It's why I grew to hate her so much whilst she was still a permanent employee here - she makes me so utterly angry and frustrated over matters that are completely trivial and nothing to do with her into the bargain!