I hate when someone’s mad at me because I did something wrong. I mean, we probably all do, right?
But you know what I hate even more? When someone thinks I did something underhanded, but I didn’t.
I’m going through that situation right now–someone believes we did something underhanded, which we did not. But the way they are talking about it is very much “You’re horrible people!” in tone, and it’s making me nuts. (I’m being vague for self-preservation reasons; it’s better to not discuss details right now)
It’s bothering me so much that I can’t handle this one–I’ve had to turn it over to my wife to deal with, partly because she’s better at this kind of thing, but mostly because I’m so deep in the doldrums about it I’ve lost the objectivity. I probably would cave and do something conciliatory to make them happy, but that would not only set a bad precedent but which could make things worse.