I hope they all get sick and die and other nice things I'm thinking right now

So my wife Mira's sick. She's got some godawful throat thing that I fear I'm starting to catch. Mira's a law librarian. An important job, but hardly something that will cause the cosmos to grind to a halt if she goes to the doctor and stays home.

Thing is, her boss is an utter bitch.

That's right, Holly, if by some miracle you are reading this...you are an utter bitch. As far as I can tell you're underqualified (she's the only librarian at the law library w/o a law degree despite being middle management) and have no idea what "unprofessional" means despite throwing that around like it's going out of style (apparently Mira's job as a teacher and law clerk don't count since her current position is her "first professional job"*) and embody everything that's wrong with management.

Now, I admit my wife isn't perfect. Even I myself had a few problems with her when we worked together briefly. But those few minor quibbles pale in comparison to the incredible mix of arrogance and incompetence that is her current boss. One would think getting a job largely because you were buds with the head of the library would make her a bit more humble and less likely to talk down to everyone else.

But why speak generally? I should be more specific about why this woman is an utter bitch.

Mira's sick and has been for about 4 days. So she wants to go to the doctor. Thing is, despite her having ample sick time, her boss has been getting on her about "excessive absences"** So my wife who I'm pretty damn sure is contagious and might even have strep or something has to go in to work before her appointment and go back to work after so she doesn't get in trouble. And for whatever reason, the head of the library let's this woman conduct things in this manner and it seems like no one else complains either.

So yeah...I hope they all get sick and die.

Sorry folks, just needed to vent. Been dealing with that crap all morning and I cannot express how frustrating it is to want nothing more than to walk into my wife's workplace and tell her boss how badly she makes the whole law library look with her crap and how as a licensed attorney in the state of IL I would tell anyone who asks that they should avoid that particular law library and perhaps the school as a whole like the plague until they cut her loose and get someone new. Perhaps someone who can keep the turnover rate below obscene and is actually at least as qualified as her subordinates. I'd also probably say that for an institution that pays in the bottom 10 percent for the area they sure expect a lot.

And yet, as it is not my workplace...I really can't. But damn I really want to. And I suppose my ranting about her would be unprofessional...if I worked for her. But I don't, so she can bite me.

* Which I guess would be a bit true in the case of teaching if you only count traditional professions of medicine, law, engineering, and military officers. But even then the law clerk job counts. So again, this woman is just wrong.

** and to be fair Mira has missed some days, but she hasn't missed as many as her boss claims. As in, she has caught her boss counting her absent or late on days when she isn't...like the time she was at a training seminar the her boss sent her to.