It endeth.

Had the meeting today. The short version is that we are not going to be bothered by the intrusive VP anymore. The bad news is that he kinda made it out to look like I was making a hash of things. He slyly stated that all we had to do was ask that he not take over the duties. Never mind that every time we've hinted at it we've gotten all kinds of gripes and questions as to why we have a second person, not to mention calling me into his office. If he was looking past the conflict today he might have actually learned something about why we did that. I think pointing out that we went from a 50% call answer rate to a 90%+ answer rate speaks volumes.

What bugs me most about all this is that there were a lot of good suggestions given today by the other VP's and managers. Loads of good stuff and decent questions. But I had to fret through most of the meeting worrying about this conflict. Either way, I consider it ended and will do what I must to keep things going.

Now, permit me this small joke:

Lolita only accepts cash.

Bwhahahaha!