Greater Sensitivity in the Workplace
In the past we'd joke about 'I'll get a box ready for your stuff'. etc., when people went into Appraisals or meetings with senior managers. Now that people do actually come out and start packing their stuff up you tend to avoid lines like that...

Unless you're senior enough to get away with it, of course.

So last week, a colleague, whose team is being merged with another (and who was therefore a bit nervous), was called into the head of department's office:

'Listen mate - out of respect, I just wanted to let you know that Steve (the big boss) is looking for you...'

Off he heads Steve's office.

'Oh, hi, come in - shut the door.'
'You wanted to see me?'
'Yes, yes, well... '
'What's up?'
'You know your team's merging?'
'Yes...'
'And the company has some hard decisions to make at the moment?'
'Yes'
'So do you want the desk near the window or the kitchen?'

He headed back to our bit of the office to be greeted by a welcoming party of us lot pissing ourselves laughing. He refused to go out for a drink with us last night because he still thinks we're all cunts. Hopefully he'll see the funny side soon...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 12:58, 4 replies)

Brilliant!
I'm sure the forgivness will come.
( The Pollitt chooses to listen to Enya on, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 12:59, closed)

He will be back
with a big gun..........
(Pork2311, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 13:25, closed)

Probably
He is kind of the type...
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 13:26, closed)

ha ha
nice!
( @><|= w0nu!) or cunt to my friends, Thu 22 Jan 2009, 13:58, closed)