Let me do this...please

If I were taking a test on patience, I wonder if I make the grade. At the risk of sounding, condescending, I believe I have been patient enough with this turnover process. I believe i have explained the reports well enough. But I don’t know. Maybe not.

Right this moment, the person taking over my workload is working on my computer, finishing a report that one of our bosses in HK is waiting for. Oh yeah. A few seconds ago, he made his third follow up call! I admit, it would have been easier if made the report myself but I can imagine how much queires I will get from her next month if she doesn’t do the report herself right now. So, this is the trade off. I feel I need to wait for her to finish while risking the ire of our boss.

So I decide to busy my hands by making this entry because my patience is almost wearing thin. I am almost overcome with frustration. I must make my own distractions. Otherwise...

The past days, I stay late and work closely with her, while trying so hard not to pressure her with the timeline. These past few days I constantly remind her of the deadlines, of the emails she is getting, the stuff she needs to look at, all the things a responsible, concerned employee who is leaving in a weeks time, must do.

Sometimes, I feel that she gets my explanations right and notes the items I highlight. But hours before submission, I doubt if connected with her at all.

The boss has called up thrice but she is sooo cool about it. That should be good, right? I mean, to be cool while knowing your boss is waiting for that report. Honestly, I hope she panics, even just a tiny bit. Or maybe because I do the panicking.

I tell her never mind the small amounts that is eating up her time just to tie up. But she ignores me completely! What is a girl to do?

The phone rings again and I let her pick up the phone to explain. She said fifteen minutes and you know what? Quarter of an hour has passed and she is still figuring out some little variance!

I try to calm myself. Okay, from her side of the universe, it must be tough absorbing all those information given a quick turnaround time. And she is working hard and painstakingly checks line by line by line. (She even corrects some of the figures i did from last month's report!).. So I soften a bit and finish this entry.

But I have decided on one thing…I will leave in 15 minutes. And I will make sure she submits before that.

There, my ranting stops. A tide of guilt comes in. Oh well, these feelings come with the territory.

Then it dawned on me, before this month ends I will be where she is right now, a neophyte trying to take in all sorts of information from someone who can do the job with her eyes closed.

Yikes!