(names have been changed to protect the
today at work, I say to one of the supervisors as he entered the trailer:
me: John, I need your travel work order for july 11th. (we get paid to drive to work - its kind of groovy, though driving to work isn't always)
him : *blank stare*
still him: *stands in middle of office as though freeze-framed, gazing into his thoughts*
annnnnd moments later, still him: oh, I didn't give you one?
me: silence (to prevent the obvious answer of "apparently not and i don't have time to sit here and try to convince you that you didn't hand it in")
him: for the 11th?
me: remaining quiet, while continuing to work
him: hmmm.. weird, I thought I gave you one.
me trying to dispel the new awkwardness in the air: nope. and i need Billy's too.
him: oh, he didn't give you one either?
me: (inside my head: its not april fools, i'm not joking, i'm not yanking your chain, i'm not joshin' ya. if i didn't need one, i'd not have initiated conversation regarding missing travel work orders)
still me: silent, continuing in the quest to not have my actual, real-time, emotion show. though i do think my subsequent disbelieving glance made him say:
i guess not, if you don't have it.
me: in a narrow window of graciousness, and with a pleasant smile, "no problem, just as soon as you can would be great"
*DISCLAIMER*
i realize i shouldn't be so impatient, but come on!
*DISCLAIMER 2*
i know i do stupid and annoying things too - which just at this moment has led me to wonder:
'just how many people have gone home at the end of their day and blogged / complained about something i did?'
just a thought.
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