to think that if you cancel a meeting...

[nenevomito]

Am I being unreasonable to think that cancelling a meeting 10 mins before the start when you know someone has travelled for over 2 hours and had set off in the early hours to get to it, makes you a twatbadger of the highest order?

Indeed, does the fact that they cancelled the meeting because they forgot that one of the required attendees from their site was on annual leave today when they booked said meeting, make them King Twatbadger of all Twatbadger Land?

Would I also be unreasonable to tell them to stuff their meeting up their backside?

YANBU. Can you charge for your wasted time?
Love the phrase twatbadger and it's elevation to King Twatbadger is inspired.

Yup. YABNU. Love the word twatbadger.

You know King Twatbadger?

I nearly met King Twatbadger once but they never turned to our offices even though we had to clear our diaries and be prepared for a working "supper" meeting (I organised childcare etc). But we did get to eat the food the caterers prepared so I wasn't hungry that afternoon.

YAMostDefinitelyNBU

I once had a meeting cancelled at 11.30pm the night before. I had to start travelling at 6am to be there for the 9.30 start, so of course had not seen the email in the middle of the night (in the days before common blackberry usage) and they told me off for wasting company money travelling when it was unnecessary!

Another thumbs up for the King Twatbadger phrase.

Thank you and I am sorry to hear that you have also come across meeting cancelling twatbadgers.

I was reading this while on hold to student finance... He must have thought I was a right nutjob when he took me off hold to hear me chuckling to myself... Love the phrase Twatbadger. Must retain that for future use...

That's the problem with all this new technology. You can make decisions at the very last minute and let everyone know your decision/change of mind etc straightaway and they think that's fine. I've made a point now of now reading work e-mails outside of my office hours. I'm not paid enough to take the problems home. I work with a lot of young people and on the whole they're hopeless at making decisions and sticking to them. You need to remind people of the knock-on effects of last minute decisions. YANBU.

. . . of NOT reading e-mails, that should have read!

YANBU
I had this on wednesday. Built myself up for it, arranged childcare, asked to leave work early, dh too. One persons child was sick, so I couldn't be angry. but yours is even worse. total pisstake. or 'twatbadger'. love it.

babyheave, You know I am weith you on this one !!

Oblomov - I remember your thread. Yours was worse as this is just work rather than personal.

I am going to use my time on the train productively to pen the National Anthem of Twatbadger Land.

I have never met a twatbadger.

I have come across many a tossweasel though. I think they might be similar.

@ tossweasel

I think they are from the same genus.

From what I understand, King Twatbadger is a Tossweasel on his mother's side. On his father's he's a Wankotter.

::nods::

Sounde like a relative the infamous groin-attacking Honey Badger.

I arranged a meeting with Lady Wank-Ferret and the High Priest of Cocksucking-Polecat and travelled from Gloucester to Manchester for 9 am to meet with them to discuss hugely important delays to which I was threatenting to invoke liquidated damages. Lady Wank-Ferret went to the races that day and the High Priest had forgotten all about it and hadn't prepared what he should have. After saying he would be with me by 10am he then didn't turn up and turned out to have left site when I asked.

It cost them a fortune, and they ended up losing the contract and were then blacklisted with my company (ha! Hahaaaahahaaaa!)

Babyheave for you, but this thread has made me laugh for the first time all week - so thank you!

I am seriously tempted to use some of these 'titles' in my next letter to the school. OK, maybe not - but I would so love to!

Crying with laughter at 'Wankotter'

On train pissing myself at the other furry creatures of annoyance.

Its made me feel much better!

Moosemama glad to have helped. As you need
cheering up I may share my work gym story with you on the fri thread. I'll need a few glasses first though.

I shall look forward to it.

Definitely yanbu!!

Arses!!

Thank you so much for introducing the word 'Twatbadger' though