Thursday, 02 July 2009

• Boss-scapades

  This little episode happened after my boss exploded into my office, while talking on his cell, demanding if he'd gotten any calls this morning (as though I wouldn't relay the message, like always) and then calling me in a panic 10 minutes later to ask if I'd checked the fax this morning, (as though I wouldn't check the fax like I do every morning) because apparently, some important report was coming in.  I caught him in the hallway a few minutes later, after confirming that YES, I'd done my job, and asked him point blank, what his problem was. 

  Boss: Liz, come see me in my office, please. 

  Me: Alright. 

  ******************hoppity hop, like a good little office whore*******************************

  Boss: Shut the door please, Liz.

  Me: ..... *click*

  Boss: First of all, calm down.

  Me: ........*teeth grit* I'm fine.

  *awkward pause*

  Boss: You know, Liz... when I ask you these things, it's not because I'm attacking you, you know.  It's because people have been bullshitting me this morning, and I needed to check the facts.

  Me: I understand that, but when you hurricane into my office like a bat out of hell first thing in the morning, it's hard for me to tell sometimes, is all I'm saying.

  Boss: I see. In some situations, I can't always think of approach.  But I'm not attacking you.  I'm just checking facts, because these people are trying to bullshit us, Liz.  Saying they called, when you didn't get a call, saying they emailed when I didn't get an email.

  Me: Bastards, stressing us out.

  Boss: Yeah.

  Me: Yeah.  I'm a little tizzied too, because my laptop died, and now this random situation.  So I guess I'm a little stressed.

  Boss: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.  So I'm getting all your shit that I don't deserve, am I?

  Me: Oh, no.  You definitely deserve some shit.  Not all, but some.

  Boss: So much bullshit.

  Me: Stressing us out. 

  Boss: Yeah.

  Me: .... Sometimes, I don't know what we're talking about anymore.

  Boss: Alright.

  Me: Alright."

  
  Well, that was productive. 

   

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