Message #73392

[gee4]

Ok here is another prime example of why I posted this topic....

Weeks ago our CEO's PA asked the exec team to hold 2 dates in their diary for a VIP visit ie. this Thur and Fri.  So I put a placeholder in my boss's diary.

Yesterday on behalf of her boss, the PA sends an agenda for the visit, asking everyone to confirm their attendance.  So I read down the agenda and see my boss isn't really required for Thur however there is a Fri slot which relates to the department and our current/future projects.

I replied to the email saying my boss wouldn't attend dinner on Thur evening but since I have rejigged his diary he is available for the slot on Friday.

This morning I have come in to an email from the CEO, cc'd to his PA, asking me which slot on Friday?!  Now is it just me or what?!  Is my boss not required to attend this event at all?  So I replied to the CEO, cc'd his PA and indicated which slot I meant inquiring if my boss was no longer expected to attend.  If that is the case why was I asked to hold 2 days for the event when he was never supposed to attend in the first place?

I would have thought the PA in charge, would have confirmed attendees and made it clear who was to cover what agenda topics, however the slot on Friday had no-one's name or initials beside it yet my boss is the business area director for that department.

I can't figure these people out....