So..the end of my day

[petitepedal ★]

Knew the keys in the toilet was a sign.

A little over a year ago..my boss asked me if I was ok with reporting when the head of Maintenance was gone...things had been adding up..my complaints of not knowing  when he was gonna be out..wtf a text at 7 or 8 am works  and his theory that Minneapolis safe and sick time policy entitled him to 15 more days of PTO than what the company already provided...I was tired of it..and said yes...as long as I am not brought into it..well yeah today..he was called on the carpet for not notifying the boss he was out...and that I was updating him...

Got a nasty call from him after the boss left...my response was..I was asked ...I didn't volunteer...and unfortunately...I should have replied...he signs my pay check...

oh well..not sure if it will blow over...not my problem..but it did kinda end my day on a sour note...more sour than my keys in the toilet

[Parsnip Totin Jack ★]

Rather than defend your actions, I would have gone on the offensive and reamed him a new one. Explaining that he may be able to justify his absences to himself, that doesn't wash when HIS responsibilities become someone else's, then that someone else needs to be notified and prepared for his absence. It's bullshit when he expects to be covered and he has no responsibility to that. I'd couch that with some, "I like you, I like working with you" diplomatic shit; but I'd still let him have it. You can light into him tomorrow if you want to, he won't expect it and that may be a good strategy. "Goddammit, I covered for you as long as I could but I was placed in a hard place by YOUR actions and you have the nerve to throw that back in my face. GTFO!" You regain ground with this guy and he rethinks his victim mentality. Get one on one with him and kick his ass. He will quit or change his ways. Either way, you're better off.

[Bikeguy]

It could have been worse.... you could have flushed.  

So you don't have any time reporting system?  We had to document every day we worked (or didn't) in our timesheet computer system.  My time was 'approved' by my boss, just like I approved the time for the people who worked for me.  

[Airehead ★]

1 hour ago, Parsnip Totin Jack said:

Rather than defend your actions, I would have gone on the offensive and reamed him a new one. Explaining that he may be able to justify his absences to himself, that doesn't wash when HIS responsibilities become someone else's, then that someone else needs to be notified and prepared for his absence. It's bullshit when he expects to be covered and he has no responsibility to that. I'd couch that with some, "I like you, I like working with you" diplomatic shit; but I'd still let him have it. You can light into him tomorrow if you want to, he won't expect it and that may be a good strategy. "Goddammit, I covered for you as long as I could but I was placed in a hard place by YOUR actions and you have the nerve to throw that back in my face. GTFO!" You regain ground with this guy and he rethinks his victim mentality. Get one on one with him and kick his ass. He will quit or change his ways. Either way, you're better off.

This. His behavior put you in a bad spot. 

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

1 hour ago, petitepedal said:

s long as I am not brought into it..well yeah today..he was called on the carpet for not notifying the boss he was out...and that I was updating him...

 

So now you know you can't trust your boss on matters like this.  Once burned, twice shy.  From now on, I'd let the boss collect his own data.  He was lazy to put you in the middle in the first place, and then he was duplicitous in revealing he got the information from you.

I'd suggest keeping him at arm's length.  Be entirely professional in all things, but I would not recommend going out on a limb or doing anything based on a promise of his again.