I come into the office on a Monday and see my boss putting together a remote-controlled inflatable shark in a closet in the office manager’s office.
Boss: “Good morning!”
Me: “Uh… whatcha doin’?”
Boss: “Just giving [Office Manager] the morning he deserves.”
Me: “…”
Boss: “Okay, fine. [Office Manager] spent all weekend drinking and doing blow and getting me to do the project work that he should have been doing… again.”
Me: “And the shark?”
Boss: “He confided in me that he’s terrified of sharks, and when he’s coming down from a weekend bender, he’s extra paranoid. I’m sick of it.”
[Boss] then tests this apparatus by having the shark “swim” out of the closet and aim directly for [Office Manager]’s chair.
Boss: “Perfect! Just needs one final touch.”
He taped a small note saying “I quit!” to the back of the shark and reset it into the closet.
Sadly, I had other duties to attend to down the hall, but around 11:00 am, I heard a blood-curdling scream coming from the direction of [Office Manager]’s office. I saw [Boss] chuckling to himself as he walked toward the exit with all of his personal effects.
Along with this stunt, [Boss] had sent plenty of evidence about [Office Manager]’s unprofessional behavior (including slurred and drunken voicemail messages from [Office Manager] to [Boss] demanding that he work at the weekend) to Human Resources, which meant that a day later, [Office Manager] was also walking out the door with his personal effects.
This Office Has Really Jumped The Shark
I come into the office on a Monday and see my boss putting together a remote-controlled inflatable shark in a closet in the office manager’s office.
Boss: “Good morning!”
Me: “Uh… whatcha doin’?”
Boss: “Just giving [Office Manager] the morning he deserves.”
Me: “…”
Boss: “Okay, fine. [Office Manager] spent all weekend drinking and doing blow and getting me to do the project work that he should have been doing… again.”
Me: “And the shark?”
Boss: “He confided in me that he’s terrified of sharks, and when he’s coming down from a weekend bender, he’s extra paranoid. I’m sick of it.”
[Boss] then tests this apparatus by having the shark “swim” out of the closet and aim directly for [Office Manager]’s chair.
Boss: “Perfect! Just needs one final touch.”
He taped a small note saying “I quit!” to the back of the shark and reset it into the closet.
Sadly, I had other duties to attend to down the hall, but around 11:00 am, I heard a blood-curdling scream coming from the direction of [Office Manager]’s office. I saw [Boss] chuckling to himself as he walked toward the exit with all of his personal effects.
Along with this stunt, [Boss] had sent plenty of evidence about [Office Manager]’s unprofessional behavior (including slurred and drunken voicemail messages from [Office Manager] to [Boss] demanding that he work at the weekend) to Human Resources, which meant that a day later, [Office Manager] was also walking out the door with his personal effects.