My Crazy Boss Convos- Forever referred to as MCB
So I should just start with the fact that my boss and I are very different people.
I’m more of a Type A-worrier- control freak- and he’s more of a Type B relaxed, we’ll deal with it when it comes up person. We share a few things in common but the main one is our need to consistently be eating- you’ll always find food when you find us in the same room.
So today I finished payroll which is part of my job(part that they pay me to do) and after I was in the hallway taking a second away from my desk, when I happen upon my boss (his office is conveniently right next door(oh so convenient expect to hide and avoid extra work) who is carrying a tub of files across the hall to a conference room. His response “Oh Good- GiGi (a nickname they’ve all taken to calling me) you can help me with this.” So after a year and half of knowing this won’t end well for me- I follow him anyway. It seems he needed to audit some files and of course what better soul to pawn it off on than me.(it is at this point I wish I could be all Ninja like and back flip out of the conference room)(I did find a chance to get up and run when he turned his back- I needed to find snacks or it wasn’t going to work)
So as he is trying to figure out what he needs to audit-
I realize he’s going to give me the whole job- so I say “You’re not getting out of this that easy- I don’t even know what I’m looking for” MCB replies “You offered your help(insert my no I didn’t look) well you kind of did” “No, I didn’t I was just walking in the hall” I reply. (It doesn’t matter at this point I’m already ankle deep in this project)
So after a few more minutes of him trying to figure out what he needs to make sure is in the files I say-
” I can’t help you with this I have a funeral to attend in half an hour” to which MCB says “Oh- sorry to hear that” and of course I have to open my big mouth and say “You know I don’t have a funeral to attend I don’t know anyone out here who died” and he his reply without hesitation”Yah, I know but I wasn’t going to call you out on a funeral- but apparently you have no problem using it as a lie (and proceeds to laugh).” It was at this point that I realized he had earned another point in our battle.
I guess I need to figure out better ways to avoid work- especially when MCB is involved.
