Why won't they let me do what they hired me to do? I'm getting frustrated and annoyed, okay? It's not such a delicate situation to "hand off" a contact from the person who made the initial call to the person (with years of experience) who is going to actually be doing the work from here on out.

The Chipmunk has a problem with me, I've accepted that. But somehow he's convinced Alvin that it's not wise to give me too much responsibility or something.* Trust me, I'm way overpaid to sit here and make spreadsheets all day, showing what we're not accomplishing.

I feel the "help wanted" ads calling me. If they don't trust me to do it, they should hire someone they do trust.

*Or, you know, I'm having a moment of paranoia. I'm prone to those.