this happens all the time.
my boss and i discuss something. i go out and make it happen because we all know bosses can't roll up their sleeves and get down and dirty with work, right? well, except with a whore, maybe.
so, anyway, i go out, i do all things necessary. then what happens when the actual day comes where we have to launch a nationwide contest, a campaign, or a groundbreaking ceremony? he fucking forgets about it. not only that, he schedules some lame ass, useless, toolbox meeting or snot-flicking brainstorming session oh about 25 minutes before whatever important date that was scheduled at least three months ahead, then he gets into that --"what the fuck?! you have something for me today? a what? i have to deliver a speech? where?" -- act... then he leaves you out to dry.
fuck!
the last time this happened, less than a month ago, he told me to cancel the event. he told me to do his dirty work all because his memory's fucked up.
i told him, and this really happened, that if he wanted to cancel it, he'd have to cancel it himself because there were too many involved and too many schedules moved just to accommodate this shit that canceling it without getting my head chopped off would be impossible.
did he cancel? no. did he attend the event? no. i gave the presentation on his behalf, instead. a presentation, which i prepared for almost three full days without sleep. when i got back from th event, he casually asked me, "so, how did it go?"
i gave him the finger. (damn, i wish i could do that!)