Being told off as an adultWhen was the last time you were properly told off? You know: treated as an errant child rather than the sophisticated adult you are.
The sort of thing that dredges up an involuntary teenage mumble of "Sorry, Miss" whilst you stare at the ground.
Go on, tell us what childish thing you were up to when you got caught.
Oh, and can we have more than one-line answers this time? Cheers!
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chthonic, Thu 20 Sep 2007, 17:18)
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Roberto the CnutSome years ago, I did the thankless job of IT help-desk and training. I provided support to a whole bunch of 3rd party companies, and it sucked.
One day, I got an 'urgent callout' so I dropped everything, and raced across town to this office see what 'Roberto' wanted. When I got here, the PA told me Roberto was 'out getting lunch' and would be back in 10 minutes. 50 minutes later, his mobile not answering, I left telling the PA I was too damn busy to wait around. I duly wrote up the report in the online job-tracker, saying things like "this stupid cnut didn't show up", "he has trouble doing even basic operations, like turning the PC on". That was true - he had wasted my time on numerous occasions (callouts to discover power cord unplugged, etc). However, no-one told me the job-tracker sends a copy to the client!
Roberto went balistic and threatened to sue, and demanded that I personally apologise to him, in front of his whole office; about 80 people.
I was made to do it, and had to sound sincere too; it was made even harder by the fact that very clearly the rest of his office shared my opinions of him, and were not helping by pulling faces, and holding up signs with some of the stuff I typed, all while his back was turned.
(, Mon 24 Sep 2007, 1:55, Reply)
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