i should have known it would have been too easy to have becky actually be a reference for me. she wasn't physically in the building when i got in today so i dropped her an e-mail asking if she was still willing to be a reference for me. i mean, if she said so, then why wouldn't she talk to CATS on the phone? how is that different from writing me a reference letter? however, she responded by explaining that it is policy, but she was working on a letter for me. so i politely responded with a thank you and didn't push the issue too hard. so now it's after normal business hours for the likes of her and i just got a chance to check my e-mail again. she included an attachment with the letter she wrote, which talks way more about our prevention program than anything i really did and also has a completely wrong start date for me. and she mentions in her e-mail that she will be out of town until the 23rd and will sign a copy for me when she gets back. on the 23rd. which is over a week from now. what the fuck?