grass boat borrow arrows

I was just away from office for one day and when I returned to open up my mailbox, I was greeted with arrows. I don't like it any bit. I don't exactly welcome receiving arrows, but why when I was away then you chose to "volunteer" me or "delegate task" to me? Don't I deserve an opportunity to say no due to circumstances? It is like when the head of state goes oversea then the coup takes place.

It seems related to how, with the development of emails, people find it more convenient to delegate task via email than say face to face, to save any chance of awkwardness. I don't think it helps in workplace communication or even workplace happiness. In fact I find it rude and even violating. Note to self: more talk, less emails when communicating with subordinates.

On another sidenote, I try to think positively about receiving arrows. I borrow from a chapter in Romance of Three Kingdoms in which Zhuge Liang "borrowed" 100000 arrows from Cao Cao (草船借箭). When people shoot arrows at you, you can take advantage of the arrows for your own purposes. Ok, not very convincing.