Best regards
vince

I had a guy one time email me to work on a project that he needed to accomplish. For some reason, he reasoned that I was actually the one to do the work (a form and requirements documentation) and give it to him, since the “reason” he needed it was named after my department. Then, he would take it and use it. But I was to research and create everything.

I countered that, since he was the subject expert, he could put together a strawman and we could work on it together. Apparently he didn’t like that, and complained vehemently that I “wasn’t doing my job.”

Even though I said I would help, I wouldn’t do it for him, and that REALLY pissed him off.

I replied and CC’d his manager (this was about two emails later, so I didn’t play that card immediately) and described how the process actually worked. I knew his manager and anticipated her response, thankfully.

She replied then that yes, we should help and look over what he produced, but not do the work of creating the documents. Then she apologized in a separate email and said that the guy was new and, while a go-getter, he was a little lacking in the knowledge of what our department does and doesn’t do, and not to hold it against him.

Then I never heard from him again. I have no idea if the project ever happened.