Co-worker taking advantage (aka am I a sap)?

Not if you learn from experience.

Nope - he ain't getting my help any more.

We have had discussions with our VP - the thing is we aren't kids out of college these are higher level positions and the focus should be quality timely to client.

And I am not the only one complaining. I was told not to pick up anything else of his from my boss - this one particular item has my name at least partially so was the reason I offered - I don't like my stuff being late or of not high quality (unless I mess it up myself).

IMHO you're not a sap at all your boss knows what you are doing for the team. You work for the company and your boss knows about your level of effort and his.

I with Ragman. You are delivering for the team and the slacker is not getting away with anything. Good job all the way around.

Thanks - there was one other item that should have gone out last night - that I forgot about - not a big deal as it is internal and will still meet our ultimate deadline - anyway after I send it, I will forward it back to him making it clear he is the one responsible for carrying it forward at this point.

He is somewhat new to the group and it isn't just me that he takes advantage of -- he will attend these 2 hour meetings while another individual involved with this meeting is stuck behind covering his stuff so he can attend - he was supposed to deliver something else yesterday and told this guy - oh you can go ahead and send it out, I will cover for you in the meeting - basically he is passing the buck.

And yes my boss really doesn't care much for him - we kinda got stuck with him as we needed more people in the group and this was what we got - her boss'pet.

Agreeing with the others.

Everyone, including the boss, has his number.

So flash forward one year and this same twerp is trying to advantage again.

Sends out an email last week saying I have blah and blah due today - could someone help me. This is a busy time of year for us (actually we just got over the hump so I have some time)... any way I probably could have helped - I had lots of stuff to do, but only one big thing due that day. I resisted the temptation to help out. Also, I knew that the workload although heavy was definitely do-able in a day.

Now if it was someone else requested this help I would have offered. And not to mention I did not see/hear him working late or asking to help others while they had several things in one day. And others working late into the evening and on weekends even from home and so forth.

So was he really that swamped - he left at 5 - the rest of us were all still working so imagine if someone offered to help (and I don't know if anyone did - I doubt it ) and he wanders off. Now I often times go home and then log on later - but he was not on the computer.

Ha - I didn't fall for it this year. I am no longer a sap.

You sapless person, you! (sending you some virtual maple syrup.)

seems like there is someone in the ether who is protecting this person. Maybe I missed that on of the earlier posts.

So, you learned from experience.

Yeah who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks