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On the contrary, I am impressed by the author's ability to maintain a sequence of events, while being tossed from one office to another.

If you found this account to be "meandering", imagine what it would be like, trying to follow procedures in the face of this conflicting, and (in my opinion) intentionally manipulative instructions from your boss, your boss' boss, the HR department...

It wasn't written for your entertainment.

It was written to evoke an emotional response though, not to layout a series of events clearly and concisely.

I have to ask, do you have anything to say regarding the content, or just the style? You seem so passionate about that content, but you never address it, just lament that it was hard done by.

That strikes me as either myopic, or dishonest.

The name of this fallacy is "tone argument".