There goes my "mild-mannered copywriter" identity...

[saffronhare]

Wanted to share the amusement of an email I received from the Christmas Party Committee at work:

"Would you be able to help us out this Friday morning before the Christmas Party?? We need someone to page the entire company at 10:30 am and remind them that they need to leave no later than 10:35 for the Party.

We also need you to go into Michael's office right after you page and tell him he ha to stop whatever it is that he is doing and leave for the party. He has to be there by 10:55.

Let us know if you can help us out. Thanks!!"

Incidentally, Michael is the CEO/President of the company. What sort of superpowers do these people suspect I have? I really need to work on shoring up my "practically harmless" image...

Comments

[zylch.livejournal.com]

What sort of superpowers do these people suspect I have?

After the infamous sacrifice-to-the-printer-gods incident, need you ask? Just show up in the robes you wore the first day of the Druid chapter, ring a bell, and tell him where to go. I guarantee he'll obey.

::shaking in terror at the memory::

Hm.

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would add miles of friendliness and approachability to my resume.

Re: Hm.

[zylch.livejournal.com]

Do you want to be friendly and approachable, or do you want to get the job done?

I myself am leaning further and further away from the idea of "If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself" and more towards "If you want it done at all, you have to do it yourself." I've had to be a bit of a bitch on certain lists recently, but at least things are moving now. But that's a gripe from a different church of mine.