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veen  ·  2339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 1, 2017

#Ventski, activate.

one month ago:

"Hey veen, do you remember that Esri GIS prize you won two years ago? We're getting a bunch of the winners together to talk about their experiences. Free lunch included, Nov. 6th. Can you come? Our great leader Kim Jack-Un might be there too!"

Me: Sure, why not! I'll put it in my calendar.

a month of silence later:

"Heyy, so we haven't received your slides and the deadline was last Friday. The programme is that every winner will do a presentation for Jack. Can you send your presentation ASAP?"

Me, being polite: I don't know anything about a presentation! And sorry, I'm super duper busy with my thesis so no I don't have time to make something that wouldn't be embarrassingly bad.

"But all the other winners will present and show Jack how great their experience was! And you won't have to and a good question for Jack!"

Me, realizing this is not about me nor in any way beneficial to me: I said I don't have time. You guys didn't communicate, so this isn't my problem, and frankly if that presentation is my only useful contribution I have better things to do.

"I get what you're saying but I still want you to make a presentation like the others because I don't respect or value your time at all and we want to have everyone present to Jack."

What I wanted to say was go die in a self-congratulatory fire, but I decided that they don't deserve a good comeback so I broke off contact.

In other news, I've been writing and writing and writing and I'm on track to the deadline but it's gonna be a long two weeks. But I'm really starting to like what I'm making so that's good.