Hollow Victory

**cessna152towser** · 7th August 07, 02:32 AM

Thanks for the update, Ron. The reply may seem informal and abrupt but as you said the "grievance" procedure is intended to be informal so the inference would seem to be that the CEO won't make a further issue of it if you choose to revert to wearing your kilts.

**pdcorlis** · 7th August 07, 08:55 AM

Brother Ron - this too shall pass...

**mddock58** · 7th August 07, 12:55 PM

Hang in there Ron, I know you don't want the opinion that you are rubbing it in their face, and I think it's a great move to speak to the CEO and get the air cleared.

You are an honorable gentleman, and it shows in the results of your counseling, as well as your decorum on the job!

**Archangel** · 7th August 07, 01:33 PM

If you're still hesitant that's okay, you're there. The rest of us are out here safe and sound.

If I may, I would suggest taking the email your supervisor sent you when you talk with the CEO and say something along the lines of: the answers not as clear as I'd like it to be, there's no point in doing something that you, the CEO, doesn't want done and feels trapped into doing.

I wouldn't be bringing up the health issues at this point because a kilt isn't a universal remedy.

I would also hold back on the Celtic holidays because they're not "real" and you really want to be able to do this full-time. If the CEO hems and haws, gives a slight approval then you can offer them as a compromise.

Anyway, that's my advice, well, except for this. You know all this, you're trained in this. Go to high sacred ground and meditate on this as if you were trying to persuade two clients to do something they've already acknowledged they should do, or how one client should proceed when two others in power have okayed something but still seem to block it.

As a McGregor, the clan that invented Blackmail, I suggest you don't underestimate the power of that email.

Peace, relax, and a big bottle of green tea and pomegranate.