Grad School DRAMA!!

This is too amusing to me not to share with you guys - I don't know how ethical it is of me to post but you know what? I don't really care right now - HA!


Ok...So, a group that I am in for a class of mine is about to be in an all out WAR.  Seriously, these people are going crazy.


Let me set this up for you. I am in a group with three people: The Boy (who lives here),  Crazy Girl 1 (who lives about 2 hours away) and Crazy Girl 2 (who lives about an hour and a half away only on the weekends) - I am the 4th member, duh, and I live here as well.  Duh, again.



For our group project, the four of us have to do a consulting project that requires us to meet with a local business to assist Organization changes that need to be made. So, we have found the business and now we are trying to set up our initial meeting. Please keep in mind that this is a face-to-face, on campus class that we are taking.  NOT an online class therefore, these girls (Crazy 1 and Crazy 2) know that being in College Station is a must.


So, the boy sent out an email today...

I got an email back from Mr. Stover. He says that this Friday is "First Friday" in downtown Bryan. It is a big deal for all the local businesses in downtown, so he will not be able to meet this week. He said next Friday (12th) would work fine, though.


Crazy 1 then said:   Actually, I can't make it that day. We are not allowed to take off of work the day before breaks. Can we meet that Saturday? I want to be at this initial meeting since I don't know that I will make any after this.

So the boy came back with... Alright, so if we pick Friday or Saturday one person can't make it. . . .Any ideas? I don't really want to put this initial meeting off any longer. Stover already said he was open on Friday. What do you guys think?


Crazy 1:   I feel like all of you can make the rest of the meetings. I can only make this one. Crazy 2 will be ok if she misses this one. I was copasetic with the choice of an organization in College Station. I feel like the least we could do since I had to make that compromise is to let this one meeting be convenient for me to make.

So I said:
Understandable.
Again, I am game for whatever is best for the group.
Agreed, we need to get this meeting going. The boy, might want to make sure Saturday will even work for the owner Charles.

The boy:  That's right Katie, about the working for him too. I was also thinking the same thoughts about your need to be there when you can make it too, Crazy 1. How bout we say something to the effect of: if we could meet on Saturday afternoon, more of the group could be present, but if Friday is the better day for his schedule then we should go with that.


Crazy 2 has now jumped in:   I do realize your problem. However, I will not be okay to miss any of the meetings.Saturday meetings will always be a problem for me as I will have to drop plans to go to Austin (I usually leave on Thursday evenings after the class). I will request the group to understand my issue and try to arrange meetings during the weekdays.

Coming back to the meeting on Saturday, I will try my best to attend this one. The boy the best thing is to find out if Mr.Stover is available to meet us on Saturday.

Crazy 1:  You will be ok Crazy 2 if you miss this meeting. You didn’t have a problem when it came to me missing meetings. It is one meeting of many. You are in College Station full time. You are a master’s student, and I presume that you don’t work. Your schedule is so much more flexible than mine is. I am pretty sure that rearranging a Spring Break trip is easier to do than getting fired from a job.

If we can’t compromise for me one time—I assure you that I will not be attempting to make any other meetings then we need to do one of two things 1. Find out our options for re arranging groups or 2. Choose an organization that is accessible (in the middle).


Crazy 2:  It is my individual decision not to miss meetings. We are not here to make judgements or decide the degree of problems each of us have. I have my own issues which I have to tackle on my own.

As I have mentioned earlier, I will try my best to be present on this Saturday.


The boy sent this to me only:  I think my blood pressure has shot up about 10 points this morning. If you get some time today, could you give me a call at my house? So we can go over some of this stuff?

Crazy 1:  It is fine that you make that individual decision, but since we have to work with each other, and I compromised my preferences for the whole of the group. You can compromise once. Everything has been on your terms from the immediate pressure to choose an organization to the “telephonic” conferences and Skype accounts that you were determined we all get. So, like you told me—“we can give you a transcript of the meeting.”

Then Crazy 1 directed at Me and the boy:  Obviously, you have the contact info so you are going to do what you want to do. But, I don't want to give him a choice. I think that I sacrificed fully participating in something that is important to me by not being difficult about the organization that was chosen. I feel that accommodating this shouldn't be a big issue. But, it is clear that I am not a concern to anyone else. Do what you want. If I can make it-- I will try.



MY GOSH!! TOO FUNNY!!  I told the boy just to call the owner (Mr. Stover/Charles) and say "We thought it would be better to give you two choices, here is when we can me (Friday at this time, Saturday at this time). Which one would you prefer?" Then to send out an email to us with just the date and time and whoever can be there will be there. If they can't be then tough. These girls are cracking me up though. Seriously. Aren't we adults?!