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Have you had people whom you had to work with that were providing you help with a service, and then they turn out to be irresponsible like not responding to your e-mails, phone calls or things they had to do for you in a timely manner that causes you to have to be on top of them?

I often try to give those people a chance to get things straight, but they never seem to care after you complain to their supervisor or them.

A lot of times I think it's best to switch to someone else because they can often be a headache resulting in that all of the responsibility is on you to keep on top of things or they will not do it.

I had someone who never responded in like two weeks. I e-mail the person, and she mails my stuff the following week like the person never planned to do anything plus doesn't respond to my e-mail that I asked another question too. Also, the person don't respond in a timely manner like other person I had in the past who I had no problem having things done in a timely manner.

I have to talk to her supervisor to change person because I know it won't change. It gives me tension worrying about remembering to keep on top of things because the person don't seem to do their part of the job.

Do you think it's our responsibility to keep on top of people that it also gives you tension because you worry about remembering what you have to do to get done?

Why do people do this in the working world where they get paid to do what they have to do? It also makes you wonder what they have to do the rest of their time that is so important that yours isn't worth bothering with. Yet, they have the time to respond when their supervisor or you hound on them.
 
Sounds like work stress to me. I'd say something about it. Worse thing, they can improve the situation, or it can get worse. You may reavaulate your position.
 
Well, I am not talking about people you work with as in a job.

I mean people like working with a counselor or real estate agent. People that you go to to help you receive a service you need. People you need to count on to get the things you need done.

Work is another story.
 
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, Some people are unreliable. I know what you mean. I am in the middle of trying to get the department of rehabilitation to send over a reccomendation to my audiologist to repair a remote that controls the volume on my hearing aids. I am playing the middle man, and nothing is getting done because I am relying on them. Trust me, it's frustrating because I need that remote bad. There is no other way to change the setting or volume on my hearing aids. Its annoying.
 
Yes, that's exactly what I mean! It's something that we could all do if we had authority to do what they can do. Only we can't because we don't have authority. Ugh!

I am sorry that this is happening to you. If you don't get anything done please talk to the supervisor. Going in person is even better than writing an e-mail or calling them. It makes me wonder what other stuff are they doing that's more complicated than getting something simple done.

This unreliable stuff happen with other services besides VR as well.
 
I've had that problem with some people at work and some people in general.

At work, I had a committee of 2 other people plus me. This was when I was at RIT.

At the beginning, we had to meet and set up weekly meeting times so that we could get together and work on future projects. We brought our schedules to compare and found several good time slots. One slot was for 10 am on Wednesday. She said she refused to come in because she wanted to sleep. She was so stubborn and yelled at us for not "understanding" her "needs". So, we ended up having to meet on Saturday morning. :roll:

Then one day, the other person said he couldn't come in on this particular Saturday because he had a sports event that he was involved with. So, we excused him from that meeting. Later that day, I saw my other friend who was also involved with this sport. I asked him how this guy did and he said that this guy was never there. He wasn't even part of the team. *groans*

Another committee I was part of, this guy kept "oversleeping" and missing a bunch of our meetings. Jeez.


Then there's one guy I know (not from work) who is never responds to anyone's messages. He says that he doesn't have time to reply to our messages. Yet, he keeps his Blackberry and is too addicted to Google Maps as well as the internet. :roll:

I even told him that if he has to keep his Blackberry, then there would be no excuse to not reply when he has time to reply while walking to class, while taking a dump in the bathroom, while waiting at the beginning of a meeting, etc. :roll:
 
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