WTF!?!

I rarely talk about my work here because, let's face, who wants to get Dooced? Not me, I say! But, sometimes something comes along that is just too big to ignore. And today, that something has happened. The ultimate backstabbing betrayal. The kind that comes seemingly out of nowhere from a person that you would never have suspected. The kind that is so shocking that it's hard to even believe it could be true. But it IS true. And it happened. And this is how it went down:

I'm trekkin' along, doing my thing (which is ghostwrite a magazine column). I submitted my monthly article to the person that I wrote it for so that he/she could read it, make any necessary changes and return it to me. Because this person is so busy, I deal mostly with his/her secretary who has always appeared to be trust worthy. On the date that it was due back to me the secretary emailed me a completely different version of the article and said that it was rewritten by my client because I didn't have the necessary knowledge to successfully write this particular article. Um, huh?

Yeah, DING DING DING!!! Bells and whistles were going off left and right but I was trying really hard not to get angry so I just sent off the article to the magazine without reading it. After all, why should I? It's what the client wanted to submit and they, ultimately, have the final say. But, I couldn't let it go so the next day I called the client and this is what I found out: THE SECRETARY WROTE THE ARTICLE HERSELF AND NEVER EVEN SHOWED MY ORIGINAL ARTICLE TO THE CLIENT. The client didn't even get the chance to read the secretary's article as the secretary bypassed her boss completely and LIED to me about the client rewriting it! So the article that I sent to the magazine? Never read or approved by ANYONE. Holy Shit!

So, needless to say, I've spent my day running around putting out fires and begging the magazine not to print the article that I sent them. And let me just tell you, when I finally did read the article the secretary wrote... Well, it was F-ING AWEFUL! So bad that the editor knew something was up when she/he read it.

I got to tell you, my job is in no way glamorous and I rarely get any kind of respect or thanks. I most certainly NEVER get any recognition. I'm a ghostwriter for christ's sake. No one even knows that I write the articles that they read. Yet somehow, I'm constantly having to fend off crazy people from trying to steal my job! I'm not lying. While this is the most extreme case so far, this woman isn't the first to try to pull something like this. As a matter of fact, she's the THIRD person I've had to beat off my job with a stick. What the hell? I guess that I should be flattered, but instead it just pisses me off and makes me say a lot of bad words. The kind that start with an F.

Comments

[Kate]

Holy crap, woman! Who DOES that? Did she seriously think she wouldn't be caught?

Want I should go over and slap her?

[gigi]

Yes please. I would do it, but it's not worth the airfare. You know though, she's been calling me all day long and I haven't answered. She even sent me an email that she wants to "talk". Puh-lease! Talk about what?!? I have no nice words for her.

[OmegaMom]

That's just...just...

I need a jaw-dropping icon here, because that's just the most outrageous thing I've heard of in a donkey's year. Holy moly.

[Lisa]

Damn, all I can say is THAT SUCKS! What a waste of you time!!!