Tuesday started out calm. She was not at the meeting; so, no
need to worry about uncomfortable stares across the table.
I was slated to leave early to cover a meeting and thought I
might escape unscathed when she showed up midday in a rush, claiming she was
swamped with details of story about one of her mayors, but she couldn’t get
anybody to go on the record about it.
She even asked me if I knew anybody who could help.
I started making call, feeding her information she would
later use – although her sources eventually started reaching out to her later
in the day and into Wednesday. We actually spoke about the story with her later
emailing me her lead to look over.
She really didn’t need me or my approval. She was on top of
the biggest story in the county at that moment, not at all over her head, still
overwhelming since there was a lot of information to process.
What goes on inside her head, I still don’t know.
I’m dealing with a day time person yet haven’t a clue about
what the more volatile night time person might do, since I’ve had dealings only
with the first and not the second since that night, I left her at the bar.
Late yesterday, just before her personalities were scheduled
to change shift, she emailed me a copy of her story to read, along with the
version that had been edited by our boss who’d recently returned from maternity
leave.
The edited version largely gutted the version she had
written, and she was upset about the changes. She asked me what she should do
(via email) and via email I suggested she speak directly to the boss to make it
clear how she felt about the alternations.
I have yet to hear back this morning the result of that
conversation. I’ll email her and ask, once the day time person comes back of
shift.
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