life is killing me posted:

The concerns typically fall on deaf ears; when I voice them, and even give possible solutions to them, they are shot down and reasons are given as to why I must keep doing x because we can't do y. In many ways those concerns and solutions have been directly related to their personalities and have, in not so many words, been part of an effort to improve how we do business and help them realize that they also have some shortcomings when it comes to the business that cause some of the problems we have.