still ranting

[jaeclectic]

I do not have authority, nor do I really have responsibility. I could just say "oh well, X is in charge of that" and walk away. Or, "well, I told them and they didn't want to listen, my hands are clean".

But although I have neither authority nor responsibility, I have attachment. I want it to be right. It makes me furious that it is wrong when it would be so easy to make it right.

I want to say: I am the one who knows about these pages. Just don't touch anything without asking me.

Which would be really stupid, because I'm a contractor on a 3-month contract.

And because although I put a line into the SOW saying I would participate in updates to the web site related to forums taxonomy changes (because of course I wrote my own SOW), the people who are paying me don't think that's what they are paying me for. Certainly it's not a priority.

And most especially because no one is going to back me up.