[RANT] VP Lies to make us look bad. exmormon

Background: I work in the tech industry, at a silicon valley company with an office in Utah. Specifically, I'm a sysadmin, which means I manage and maintain $50,000,000 in server hardware, and billions in company IP. My judgement must be trusted for my career to work.

Due to outdated policies, we do maintenance late night on Friday, so most of us, rather than drive all the way home, and all the way back a few hours later, just hang out until the window opens and we can start work. To pass the time, we play board games, card games, etc, and share A drink. You know, as a responsible adult does.

Also, as a big step outside of the norm for a Utah office, we did an alcoholic drink mix competition a few months ago, and again the previous year. The remains of the mix competition ended up in a cabinet above the refrigerator in our break room, to be forgotten about. One person ended up sleeping it off at his cube, and someone spilled as we carried the drinks up to the location, staining the carpet.

Anyways, VP of sales gets his garments in a bunch, and helps himself to a manual search of every office one day. He finds the leftovers, and comes storming in.

VP: Whose drinks are those?!?!

Us: ...what drinks? Where?

VP: The ones in the break room!!! (angrily)

Us: Water? Coffee? We don't know what you're talking about.

VP: THE ALCOHOL!!!

Us: The stuff left over from last year's competition?

VP: Yes! Get rid of it NOW. I'll be back in 5 minutes to check. storms off

Us: ...the fuck just happened?

After this, he goes to the VP of Operations, lies to her, and tells her we're having "raucous parties" after hours, getting drunk, puking everywhere (the stain) and passing out in the office. Because we're trusted with a couple billion in intellectual property, but not with a $30 bottle of alcohol, or something.

As a note, Operations staff in the main office (not to mention all the other offices) have alcohol everywhere, drinking on the job occasionally. That's not a problem, but magically becomes a problem at the Utah border.

Submitted June 17, 2015 at 03:47AM by midorikawa http://ift.tt/1INJaKr exmormon