It's absurd to complain that someone else won't give you their attention when you never give yourself your own attention. That boss of yours — even if he looks down on you — will eventually see you, listen to what you have to say, and maybe even invite you to sit with him. But you never bother to look at yourself or listen to your own thoughts. So why expect these things from others? Especially when you weren't seeking that meeting because you wanted to see them, but because you couldn't manage to have a real conversation with yourself.
as if a man had any right to complain of being so haughtily shut out by another, when he never has leisure to give his own conscience a hearing. This chief of yours, whoever he is, though he may look at you in an offensive manner, still will some day look at you, open his ears to your words, and give you a seat by his side: but you never design to look upon yourself, to listen to your own grievances. You ought not, then, to claim these services from another, especially since while you yourself were doing so, you did not wish for an interview with another man, but were not able to obtain one with yourself.