Rick & Cyndi said:
Well... thankfully, I can ALWAYS depend upon you guys! I knew that if I
swallowed my emotions long enough to type out what happened that you would
be very supportive and sympathetic.What I didn't mention earlier was the reason for the Brunch... which is why
I've been all over the place emotionally.Most of you know that I support the American Heart Association's Heart Walk
each year (in memory of my Mom)... I had asked the various coworkers if they
wanted to be on my Walking Team... that I would like them to come for Brunch
and to discuss this year's Heart Walk... "everyone" said they were
interested and could understand the importance... blah, blah, blah...This is one event that I pour my 'heart' into and that's what makes this
doubly upsetting... time, energy, money (food), etc., and the emotional
background for doing it to begin with. On top of all this, my ex-step
mother's husband (whom I adore) is turning 70 this weekend and went 3 hours
out of town to celebrate - had I known nobody could have attended I could
have had the brunch another time and went to the celebration! Now it's too
late to get there in time! That pisses me off more than anything!Cyndi Irritated
Ouch, Cyndi. I can certainly see why this makes it all worse than had
you simply invited them all over for a friendly co-worker brunch.
Unfortunately, since it sounds like it was more of a planning meeting
for all folks interested in being on the Heart Walk team, it actually
does, perhaps, explain why at least some of them didn't show (it
*doesn't* excuse their unforgivable rudness of not-calling). I'm a
mended heart myself, so I fully appreciate the emotional strife that
this would have caused for you.
The timing was bad, and I'm doubly sorry that you're having to miss
your MIL's celebration -- it's too bad you can't hold that against your
coworkers as well!
I would certainly mention it on Monday. Not in a confrontational way
(because you have to see and work with these folks every day), but it's
important for your coworkers to realize what they've done so that they
don't do it again. Something as simple as, "hey, did we miscommunicate
about Saturday? I had all this excellent food prepared and no one
showed up and no one called. What happened?"
Alexis.