I was called back from vacation...for an empty soda bottle

[Anonymous]

I would definitely need to see some people cry before I could let it go.

[Anonymous]

Op I guess you know this: your boss is a d ick

[Anonymous]

That is unreal. Op you've got a right to be very angry.

[Anonymous]

In DC it is illegal not to recycle

[Anonymous]

You should see the stash of 30-60 Coke bottles in the corner of my office.

[Anonymous]

Can someone explain this post to a non fed? Why would an empty soda bottle cause a contractor to be called back from a vacation?

Is the pm a contractor or a govt employee?

Op I hope you post back and let us know how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not the OP, but there is no identifiable information whatsoever in these posts. The only people who could possibly identify the OP are those who already know about the situation.

I know. That's what I mean. They'd know and might not think well of it.

They really aren't in a position to be judging. OP is not revealing anything identifiable, and I'm so glad to her there will be repercussions for the PM.
Absolutely outrageous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can someone explain this post to a non fed? Why would an empty soda bottle cause a contractor to be called back from a vacation?

Is the pm a contractor or a govt employee?

Op I hope you post back and let us know how it goes.

I'm also a Fed. The PM is most likely a govt employee. We do have periodic safety inspections and we aren't supposed to have trash/dirty offices. So maybe that's why? But it seems like overkill to have failed for that one reason and also to call the contractor back from vacation. Follow up post from OP makes it sound like there will be repercussions for PM for doing that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In DC it is illegal not to recycle

It is a civil code violation to mix recyclables with other trash. And the federal government does not have to follow DC law.

[Anonymous]

I would LOSE IT.

[Anonymous]

Posts like these remind me why I don't work with or for the feds any more.

[Anonymous]

Fake post

[Anonymous]

Do you have enemies, OP? Sounds like you do.

[Anonymous]

You have a job that you can't discuss over an open line but you thought it was a good idea to write about this very specific job related story on an internet message board?

[Anonymous]

Op here. Been in meetings all morning about this. The pm I am referring to is in my company. He was given a list of issues by the govt pm, with a complete by date of today. The govt pm did not mean to call anyone back from vacation for this. There are three issues that they have to deal with: my time, my travel expenses, and the misreprestation of the reason for the call back: made it sound like there was a real issue.

They also now have my resignation letter. But, at this point, they are trying to talk me into staying.