your tax dollars, part iv

There is a new character who has entered my circle here at the gub’ment lab, and I will call him shitbag. So, I am working along on my project. I am doing my merry job. I need some information regarding my responsibility, for I am to purchase a very expensive piece of equipment, and it has to hold some of shitbag’s stuff. So, I email shitbag and ask “Shitbag, how much does your stuff weigh? And how big is it?” no response. No response. No response. Hmmmm….. then I get an email forwarded from someone else on the project which says “hhmmm, shitbag has answered part of your question, but I see he didn’t include you in the email” so I send the original email back to shitbag and ask the original question again: “Shitbag, how much does your stuff weigh? And how big is it?” no response no response no response. Hmmm….I think to call someone else and, sure enough, shitbag has mysteriously “forgotten” to include me in his partial response. And, let me just add for the record, his responses are as informative as “my stuff is orange, and smells bad” they say nothing towards size nor weight. While all of this is happening I am speaking to the project manager, verifying I am indeed asking the correct person. he confirms and checks back with me to verify I have gotten my information. I have not. so, miraculously, I get a phone call from shitbag, who says “ I understand you have been trying to get a hold of me and have emailed me. And, wow, I haven’t gotten any of your emails. But, sure, ill tell you about my stuff. Its made of lead”

Im at a total loss here. Does anyone think, for one moment, that someone in private industry would last one minute lying about getting emails? He didn’t even bother with the “oh, geez, im so sorry I didn’t get back to you” no. and not saying, "well we just dont know how much it weighs or how big it is" he just fucking lies about it never getting his emails, and makes up unhelpful responses when put in a corner. For whatever reason he decides I don’t need to have my question answered to my face and then he just lies and says it never happened. unbelievable