D'YOU KNOW WHAT A SHIT BAG DAY IS RICKY?

its a day where everyone gets a bag of shit poured on them.

So yesterday the Ministry of 'War of and Spin' (a former employer of mine) royally shafted at least two people over here. Now because of the situation names of individuals and official departments have been changed or not mentioned altogether.

First off a colleague and friend of mine was cut from going to a big meeting in November. The ministry of war and spin told us she coulnd't go to keep the delegation size low. Now the lead on the negotiating item that my colleague works on is also not going. So logically she bacame the lead. The ministry of war and trees essentially told her that although she was the lead she couldn't go and then assigned someone from their own department (who knows nothing about the issue and who is a royal pain in the butt). Its sick.

As of today the Ministry of War and Spin has also just increased their own delegation size. Sicker.

Secondly, apparently a senior figure here who normally plays an equally prominent role to someone at the ministry of war and spin was told he would no longer be playing that role. This coupled with the War and Spin ministry randomly doing things on the international stage the we should either be involved with or at least informed of (and doing neither) has made a bad situation worse and now very senior officials are discussing it.

The big meeting in November is going to have its own intrinsic challenges but sitting in briefing rooms with people who have purposefully and unjustly (and quite atagonistically) harmed colleagues is going to be worse. The interpersonal relationships will no doubt be... diffcult.

On another note, for a few months now I have been trying to get the idea of Environmental Security on the radar screen of one of my bosses. It finally started to register after our sections retreat. I, along with someone else interested in the issue, wanted to discuss it with the boss further. Last we knew, we were waiting to hear more back from our boss. As of yesterday we have now hired a senior environmental security advisor which is NOT, but should be, myself. No warning, no heads up, not even a 'these are good ideas, we'll be bringning someone in and you guys can work as a group...' nothing. Absolute shit.

So as you can see yesterday was a shit bag day. Just about everyone I work with including myself had large bags of shit poured on them and I suspect things will only get worse from here.

Cheers,

P