Every day, my boss lectures me on my job, which I have been doing for more than 7 years in this location. She, meanwhile, has been here about nine weeks.

It's simply weird that she feels the need to "inform" me about the theory of my profession in general, and my job in detail. It's as if she has no clue about my accomplishments in this organization -- or in the world in general.

Her tone is creepily patronizing -- schoolmarmish and didactic and she goes on and on. Yesterday, we had a two-hour meeting in which she was holding forth. Meanwhile, I'm falling behind on the tasks that are looming in my schedule.

How to handle this one? I'm thinking of saying, "You know, I'm thinking I have a handle on the framework of my job. Can we concentrate on the practicalities of what's ahead of us on the calendar?"

The truth is, I'm probably going to be giving my notice soon, but this is seriously driving me nuts.

What do you think of me interrupting her? It's hard to get a word in edgewise but I need to finish certain tasks before I go. And until I actually nail down another opportunity (I'm a finalist somewhere else and will quit even if I don't get the job), I have WORK to do!

Can I stop her condescending lectures? She may not even be aware that she is wasting my time -- and hers!