The Burlap Soulmate

A perpetual source of frustration is my boss and his various whims from day to day. He's got it in his head that we're GOING to Lexington today to meet with some refuse hauler so that we can look at and ride around in his trucks and have a good old time... Me: Thats great Bossman, but there's an issue with the Front Loader and Rear Loader tailgates and the holes for the taillights. They're not fitting properly and I need to investigate that. Bossman: That's for manufacturing to figure out. i can't spare you to work on every minor detail that isn't working properly. I just want to be clear on this. Aren't we the engineers? Isn't it our job to make sure everything is working properly? Argh. I learned this a long time ago and it still holds true. I'm much happier if I just don't care. We're holding up the production line? Outgoing product is sub-standard? It's a good thing I don't care or I'd really be upset.