dochole update
Last night, we got a phone message from the dochole's boss.
It seems our letters finally reached his desk, and after saying that he hadn't forgotten us, he promised he'd get down to the bottom of the matter and contact us again, either via email or phone.
To be honest, I find myself in an odd position: owing somewhat to having parents and everyone else keeping up the constant drumbeat of GET ANGRY/WRITE LETTERS (Mer faced this a little more than I did), I find myself less angry than I was. I still think the dochole's behavior was substandard, but I find myself having to summon energy to get angry about the situation again, when I'm definitely not as angry about it anymore -- something that's a very uncommon occurrence for someone of a naturally sunny disposition like myself. I'm pretty sure Mer is in much the same emotional state.
Not that I blame anyone at all for encouraging us to write and get mad: far from it. It's just that it requires a lot of emotional energy now for things like this. Mer, me and the little man have faced a lot of things worse than this -- what's one more? And there will be more after this, requiring even more strength and determination from us. So it sounds lazy, but I'm having trouble summoning the energy necessary. At least it's going to be conducted over email or the phone, rather than some personal meeting we'd have to psych each other up for.
LM deserves anger, however. Especially as he's proved everyone wrong -- especially now, it seems like almost nothing can stop him.
But angry we might have to be, so that this doesn't happen again. And word to the wise -- always be sure about a doctor's diagnosis, with a second opinion if need be.