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YARicemarineT: Was it wrong of me to do this?

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Ricemarine

Ricemarine

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Background:
- I am in a research group of 11 people, 2 grads and 9 undergrads.
- Everyone has been falling behind since it's getting towards the end of the quarter.
- I am the meeting note taker for the group

Before the event:
- Research meeting two weeks ago, guy X was told do do task Y.
- Yesterday's research meeting, guy X stated that grad A did not assign him any work and he doesn't have any more to do.
- Grad B, the main leader of the project, starts assigning him more work
- I remind guy X that two weeks prior he was assigned to do task Y by Grad B.

What happened now:
- Guy X comes up to me and asks why I attacked him at the meeting
- States its not my job to talk ^#*# at him
- States if I have beef with him, bring it up with the graduate students.
- States he'll probably quit his research position because he doesn't like it (paid)

My action:
- I tell him that two weeks ago he was assigned to do task Y and that they were assigning him a new task.

Assumptions:
- I thought he had forgotten about the task
- Since I'm taking notes, I should bring up any information that has been forgotten in prior meetings.

Question:
- Was it wrong of me to bring up prior information said at the meeting?
- Should I be doing anything extra to remedy this situation?

Thanks.
 
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What exactly did you say? That makes a huge difference.

If you just asked what the status of the previous task is I don't see a problem....
 
Crusty said:
What exactly did you say? That makes a huge difference.

If you just asked what the status of the previous task is I don't see a problem....
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I presume I was a bit blunt about it at the time:
"X, don't forget that two weeks ago we had also assigned you to do task Y."

which I assumed would lead on to grad B being more hesitant on assigning the guy a new task since his classwork is starting to overwhelm him.
 
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Crusty said:
What exactly did you say? That makes a huge difference.

If you just asked what the status of the previous task is I don't see a problem....
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it sounds like OP called him out during the meeting when the dude claims that he was never assigned anything 2 weeks ago. as record keeper, OP clearly sees that dude's tasks were given in that meeting.

probably not the best time to bring that up, but seeing as how that is the way your group is organized, I don't see any other way to handle it. Also, he basically challenged the person who originally assigned him the task. So the OP is put in the situation of outing who is wrong in this.

The dude is a douche, basically.
 
Guy X is a slacker, attacking you because you he didn't do his job and hoped he could lie his way out of it.

Grad B apparently needed a copy of your notes before the meeting since he'd forgotten about the work.

Do you post the notes online somewhere, ahead of time? If not, you should be doing that.
 
DaveSimmons said:
Guy X is a slacker, attacking you because you he didn't do his job and hoped he could lie his way out of it.

Grad B apparently needed a copy of your notes before the meeting since he'd forgotten about the work.

Do you post the notes online somewhere, ahead of time? If not, you should be doing that.
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The meeting where he was assigned the work I had forgotten to upload the meeting notes. That part is my fault. I usually upload the meeting notes to our research wiki.
 
I don't think you did anything wrong. If he wants to be a bitch about it, then that's his problem. You did your job and now it's time for him to do his.
 
i think you should walk into the next meeting and punch him in the nuts. set an example for the next wannabe bad ass who talks shit to you.
 
sounds like you need to review previous meetings at the very beginning and get status updates, hold everyone accountable.....imo you were in the right, it's his fault that he didn't do the work, nobody else's
 
If he is part of the group, he is expected to do his part of the research. Looks like he is not cut up for this and expects to get credit for something he really didn't fully contribute and participate on.
 
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