"Mama Says Just Do It!!!!" LONG, sorry

[AngelfireRN, MSN, RN, APRN]

You know, some people just steam my clams.

I have been doing occupational health since September. The plant where I work is shutting down, and we are shipping retiree records to a storage facility. Before we do that, we have to input the data into an Excel program according to the destroy date. That job fell to me, since my nickname there is "Tech Support". I love computers. I love to type. It was perfect. Almost.

Our big boss has been sick, and the acting boss was running this project. All was great, I'd input the data, send it to her, and it'd be peachy. Then big boss came back. After that, I'd send the data to HER, not the acting boss (who was back to a mere mortal and hating it). I really used to like the acting boss, I really did, then........

Last week, I got my files from interoffice mail, and realized that I had input them already, so I called acting boss (big boss was out for the week) to ask what to do. Big boss had not sent her an updated list, and the one she had did not have these names on there. She claimed that this file had never left her hands, so there was no way I would have been able to type it up. Well, I had, and I could prove it, because I had written some info on it. Kinda hard to do that if you don't have the file in hand, you know? I was not argumentative, but before I could tell her what page my writing was on to prove to her that I HAD typed this she goes,

"You know the old saying is, Mama said JUST DO IT!!!!"

She is NOT my Mama.

Now I'm ticked.

So I looked in my old files and found where I had sent this to big boss. Called acting boss and read the first 2 names and SSNs off. (Since the files were with her, she knew I had them in front of me.) She asked for a copy, and still insisted that they never left her hands. I told her to look at page 3, where my handwriting was. She immediately wanted to know how big boss got the file, and I told her that was none of my concern. I got an email about an hour later.

"You are right! The names are here! With so many hands in the pot, I can't keep track. Thanks for all that you do."

The other nuse that was over there, who hates acting boss with a passion, said "That's about a backhanded apology. I'd call her on that."

So I did.

"Hey, Penny? Did the file come across OK?"

"You found 'em, huh? Well, ain't that something?" (I live in Alabama)

So, my question is, what would y'all have done in this situation? I wanted to slap the stew out of her, but I try to be a lady. Somehow, though, PROVING I was right just made it that much more sweet . Thanks for reading!