Supervisor told me to stop reminding him about overdue task, so I stopped and he missed a deadline.

I work as a project coordinator. Basically I just keep track of what everyone’s supposed to be doing and make sure nothing falls through the cracks. My supervisor (we call him James) is fine at pretending he’s on top of stuff… but the dude forgets everything unless someone’s reminding him.

So I usually give him heads up when things are due. Like last week, I said “hey just a reminder, that report’s due Friday.” He looks at me and goes,

“I don’t need to be babysat. I know what’s on my list”

Alright then, you got it. So I keep my mouth shut. No reminders, no check-ins. I let him be the expert. Friday comes, nothing. Monday morning, he’s suddenly in panic mode cuz the director is asking where the hell the report is, he turns to me like

“Why didn’t you remind me?”

I just said, “You told me not to”

Now he thanks me every time I send a reminder lol. I guess we’re back to babysitting, but at least he asked nicely.