Lazy group member - let him burn?

harvestmoon
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:05:24 +0000

bopper-- thank you SO much for that link! Now that I’ve read it, it’s got me wondering if maybe we SHOULD do something more drastic.

I emailed everyone again this morning, detailing that # 4 failed to do X, Y, and Z and that the rest of us practically put together the bulk of the presentation, and I was greeted with crickets (and I’ve been checking Google Drive and seeing that he hasn’t provided the missing information he promised to upload). We’re all supposed to meet tomorrow, so I’m assuming he’s gonna try and come up with some sob story again. This time, I think I’m going to be the stern group leader and tell him that he’s done nothing while we’ve done everything and that we’re going to tell our prof that we don’t want him getting credit for our work.

Even if he provides some sloppy, last-minute nonsense for his articles and suddenly starts trying to help, I don’t think it’s fair that I’ve been doing most of the work the past 2 weeks. It’ll be easy to make slides now that I’ve got everything organized and laid out, so it’s truly ridiculous and unfair.

Like that thread on the Chronicle says, if he were an employee in the real world, he’d be fired long before now.