To be annoyed at my colleague?

[PandaAndLionRoar]

I was in an all day meeting with the board/C suite in work today. My colleague/friend was in work but not in the meeting with me. It was her last day before MAT leave and it was coming up to 5pm and I was still in my meeting with the board so she came to the meeting room and interrupted my meeting by knocking on the door and then asking for me and saying “I’m sorry to interrupt but can I have a quick world please, it’s urgent”. It turns out she didn’t have anything urgent that she needed me for but she just wanted to say bye to me before she goes on MAT leave and knew that I wouldn’t be out of my meeting before 5pm when she left the building so she decide to interrupt my meeting to say bye instead. I feel a bit annoyed that she interrupted the whole meeting just to say bye to me whilst I was in a meeting with the board, fair enough if it was something urgent but it wasn’t. She could have just phoned me later to say bye if she wanted. AIBU to be a little annoyed with my colleague for interrupting my meeting just to say bye? She took me out the meeting room and just said that she just wanted to say bye to me before she goes on MAT leave and then we chatted for 2 minutes and that was it, nothing urgent at all!

What a pointless thread.

This!!

Some of the responses on this thread are absolutely wild. I've worked with a few public sector boards (NHS and civil service), so on the perceived 'fluffier' end of the scale as boards go, and it would have been considered completely inappropriate by the chairs of any of these boards for someone to have done this.

I don’t think it’s a big deal. It was 2 mins. I’d say she was unreasonable if you were a surgeon and mid op, but not a meeting.

I personally wouldn’t have interrupted a C-Suite meeting for that

The "C-Suite" as people call it these days are just bloody people who eat and shit just like the rest of us.

They just do a job, like the rest of us.

Correct, but if you work in a large corporate and have dealings with them, you have to forget that and show them the deference they think is their due. It's part of the job, just as other unpalatable things might be part of other jobs. If it's not for you, don't work in that kind of job.

Most jobs involve doing things you wouldn't do given the choice. Personally, I would rather defer to the c-suite, than, say, be a nurse and have to deal with gore and bodily fluids in a hospital. We all have to choose a job we think we can do and you shouldn't sneer at what the OP needs to do in hers.

Why do you repeat yourself over and over with the bye thing in your post.

@UndeniablyGenX

If it's not for you, don't work in that kind of job.

I do work for a large corporate, with people at that level and have done for many years.

I treat them in exactly the same way as anyone else in the business, they get no special treatment.

She was definitely unreasonable! It's not like you're never going to see her again!

If you repeat yourself like that all the time I would imagine your colleagues would be relieved to have you step out for two minutes. Perhaps they put her up to it. Or maybe she wanted to say goodbye to a friend she might not see again. Can’t think why. Do you think those two minutes will change the trajectory of your career? If so you should report her to the police. That’s what unhappy mumsnetters do and I think the police then arrange for counselling.

Agreed, utterly pretentious. It was a meeting....

FFS can't you credit the OP with even a little intelligence

FFS I was crediting the OP with intelligence. Other people on here, however, obviously lack something if they don't understand or sneer at a woman who is obviously doing well at work and it's always good to be noticed by the exec team.

Well said

Exactly!

You could at least try to read the OP's posts.

@PandaAndLionRoar - with you OP. I'd be furious.

Everyone in my world

What a souless, tedious thread. What a world we live in.

Yeah but have you seen the other threads today? Clearly it's Silly Season!!!

I get you felt put on spot by Execs - she was wrong to pull you out of meeting for it. However if you manage any people the all purpose answer in these circs is 'staffing issue - it's dealt with' and they usually loose interest.

What posters are asking is why you didn’t drop her in it with the C suite OP. If you felt embarrassed, why didn’t you put the blame on someone who had misrepresented the urgency of the situation for their own needs.

But I understand why you didn’t! Very awkward for you but I’m sure it won’t have any repercussions for you. Your friend was wrong to lie but, pregnancy hormones do have an impact so she probably wouldn’t have done it otherwise!

Do you always capitalise mat leave?

Exactly! I used to be a PA to the board of my company. They are just normal people and none of them would have minded this.

Work pays wages - that's it

My husband, sister and dad are all chief execs and all think the term is embarrassing

So surprised at the poll result!
In my opinion yanbu. Yes it’s a shame she couldn’t say goodbye in person but absolutely not a good enough reason to interrupt an important meeting with execs. She could have messaged or called “so sorry I didn’t get to say goodbye face to face as you were in a meeting etc”.

Completely agree.

This all sounds a bit pretentious