First of all, there seems to be something unmistakably "female management" about this meeting request. Second, what a pain in the ass. I mean, what the fuck am I supposed to say?? "I give myself an A, because I did pretty well considering that your support team, DIDN'T, and the outside reps are SHITE!" (Yes, I know that I fucked some, SOME, as in a FEW, things up. Most notably my biggest fuckup was to assume that telling people things in person or over the phone counts as communication). Third, FUUUCK!

I have a pretty good boss. I like her. I would definitely have a crush on her if she were much younger and I were younger. But right now I can't even stand the sight of her.

Speaking of female management, I am told that in large companies, female bosses are great to have, unless you are female yourself. The women bosses tend to be nitpicking control freaks to women, but they don't try that shit with men. With men they are more accomodating and understanding. Also known as "fair". I can't say that this is true or not, though. I can't ask anyone here about that because the only women here currently that might have ever been in that situation are the Marketing Women, and I'm not about to ask them. I suspect that it would be quite different in smaller companies, especially female-owned ones. Any comments on this?

UPDATE: For everyone's edification, the "female management" adjective refers to the communication-driven, soul-searching corporate crap that female managers are supposed to excel at. No, the exercise isn't futile, unless all we do is talk, talk, talk without actually saying or doing anything.