Thank you, sir, may I have another.......

So, I walk into a co-worker's cube to get some help with an issue today only to be blindsided into going to an IRL race for support. The reason was that another co-worker that was supposed to go was needed elsewhere and I was expendable. The expendable and last minute travel was fine with me. Honestly, I wanted the field experience with the Pi system under my belt. Plus, I wanted to get out of the office and get the battlefield experience to compete with my co-workers so they would understand that I'm on the same playing field. Well, after making the necessary adjustments, I was denied. I've been sitting in the office all week since my boss went on his honeymoon and was doing various helpful tasks for a couple clients but have been in waiting for the UK to get me support. Then, today, I had to surrender my hardware to other support engineers thus putting me in an even more useless state. Of which, I don't think my boss was aware, again, he's on honeymoon and shouldn't worry bout the state of affairs in the office. I am on top of things but waiting on others to make progress. Well, once my boss found out I was tasked otherwise he made a phone call and right as I was about to buy new shoes to wear for the trip to fit the Pi Support Team clothing requirements, I get a call from another supervisor telling me that my trip was off. If you know me, you know that I'm a hard worker and do not like being dicked around. I don't mind taking one for the team and wasn't really upset that my new VP and his lackey put me on the spot (I got apologies and thanks from others and the VP for the situation and for helping out). I'm all about being helpful and once I get tasked I get excited to be a part of something, even if its mundane to others. The easiest way to piss me off is to steal my thunder and f*ck that. I know that my boss has the best of intentions for the customer but he's not been in all week to see the dynamics that were going on. Plus, as a lackey, myself, you don't say "no" to the new supervisor, even if you are partial to saying "yes" no matter what. On top of it, if my boss thinks that I was trying to skip town to leave the customer hanging then I'm going to be super pissed.........no..........mega pissed. I understand that maybe I don't understand the dynamics of the particular customer but I've been at Pi for 5 weeks and am dying for action. I traveled all the way to Tulsa, OK for a huge letdown and this would have revived my spirits. Idle hands are the work of the devil, no? Well, I guess this is the part of being expendable that sucks. Now I feel like a dick cause I explained to the customer that I was tasked otherwise and now have to go back on that. I hate that almost as much as I hate my thunder being stolen.........or when a keg runs dry when I'm on an awesome buzz ;-)
Well, TVland, I hope things are going better for you and the scheduled programming isn't interrupted by a boring Presidential update...............