h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I am having a bad day at work. Thirty minutes into the working day and I feel really bad about the work I'm doing. Partly due to the task sitting in my inbox when I got in:

"Telephoned to find out what was happening. This is the guy I asked you to phone on 17th April. I note that options were printed but nothing in mail out sheet. Will you telephone him as a matter of urgency to let him know what is happening and then update me."

Apparently the client has not yet checked their fax machine then, since they had options faxed a week ago and I left a message on their answer machine telling them I had done this. But of course, no-one in the office has the good sense to check the faxes out folder, or indeed the trust in me to believe that this was actually done when first requested.

Secondly, what is it about a day off that seems to get people's backs up? No-one even said good morning to me today. Ahh, that's it, I'm officially pissed off.

Thirdly, the yiffy new boy keeps sending me tasks. Do this, do that. Do t'other. Err, excuse me, I'm busy? With my own work. I don't have enough time to complete it all on my own terms, let alone when he keeps sending me random stuff.

Oh, I'm grumpy today. Really, really grumpy. Well sod it. My work life is crap and I'm not afraid to say it!