What have I done? 9/28/2006
The MD walks in a couple of days ago, wanting to shoot the breeze. He was holding a mug of coffee in his hand. I refresh my mug in the pantry, and come back in to my office. He’s standing by the edge of my desk, looking at the papers and reports I have scattered all over the surface. Then he picks up a brochure for holidays on a certain island.
“You thinking of going there?”
“Thinking? I’ve already booked and paid for it.”
“When?”
“Some in the next month.”
“There are some holidays coming up?”
“Yes and no. But I won’t be there during the set of holidays, I’m going in just after.”
“Great, anything exciting to do there?”
“Not really, but the booze is cheap, and a friend just rocked in with his 60 foot yatch. He called me and asked me to give it a test drive.”
“Great. Can I come along?”
This was when my brain decided to go on holiday.
“Sure.”
I spend more than 50 hours a week in this place, a lot of it in fairly close proximity with the MD. What ever possessed me to want to invite him along on a holiday as well?
- Posted in : Work Bitching
- Author : thesnark
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well, it might be hell lot easier to get the next 12-month contract or something?
ahahahahahaha
What would have been a tactful way of saying no? ‘Sorry, my friend is planning on smuggling in indonesian refugees to offset cost of the yacht, so there won’t be any room’ ?
I maintain that any ‘holiday’ with the boss is not really a holiday. Sorry for ya snarky
oh and snark, could you please email me? I have a Q on the elephants
HAHAHAHAHAHA……
picture this…
“…he comes along.. u return days later with one passenger missing… tell the authorities he got washed over board during a storm and sharks have probably gotten him.. u tried your best… several weeks later, u get a promotion…”
now isin’t that nice?
hee
wahahahah!!! sorry…but… but…. wahahahahah!!!
You juz punk-ed yourself dude… ^_^
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Your gut reaction spoke quicker than your brain wanted to put him off,so now is the opportunity to treat him as a mate,& or quest of the vessel,and show him your skills at sea >He will then see you in a different light of admiration..treat him as a guest ,not as an MD….your the captian of the vessel, & he will have fun and loosen up…later..Dom
KY : It probably wouldn’t depend on me going on holiday with him. More like if we actually manage to swing the next 8 figure contract.
IB : Is there any tactful way of saying no? I really was at a loss. I guess I could have said something about his wife probably not enjoying being in the company of a bunch of drunk bachelors on a boat, but she might just enjoy it too much. And I’ve sent an e-mail to you.
RVL : The scary part is that they would probably give me his job, without the expat perks that go with it. I’m already doing that as it is with the COO’s job, and my own, without any extra money.
Bikerwannabe : You see what you have to look forward to when you get close enough to the top and very senior management starts thinking they’re your friends?
CMOS : Yeah, hook, line and sinker. The only thing that would be good is if he comes along and decides to pick up the tab for everything. In which case we’d punk his credit card, big time.
Buaya69 : Wait till Saturday’s dinner. I may be letting slip a few juicy crocodile tales.
Make a contract with him and sell him your arse for some high time promotion and raise. I bet he is willing to oblige you! Hahaha! What were you thinking man? Inviting you boss for a holiday….
he hypnotised u!
LOL… but there was no way to say no either right? heh. er.. enjoy your holiday!!
snark: you don’t have to tell me mate… am pretty much in the same boat. Da Boss drops by my place way way too often to chit chat… Pretty unnerving when you’re reading/viewing Girl Friday on your blog… heh heh….
Boy, I will just say… you blew it…. bigtime. Enjoy your holiday!