Thursday, January 11, 2007
A Date on the Company
Towards the end of the evening, the boss came by and asked P to produce some rankings survey by next morning. She knew she was in so much trouble on where to get them. Her lack of motivation also left her somewhat unfazed and she was still determined to leave the office at 6pm. P replied yes the boss would be given something by tomorrow morning.
She made a call to Dope. He said he had to look around. The guys on the trading floor have left. But she wasn't sure if he could produce her with the goods these time round. The last few times, Dope was not too successful in satisfying her professional needs. And he was still ploughing away at his desk so she thought it best to leave that thought with him than to press him on for immediate delivery.
The next morning, she logged onto her computer. Dope has sent an attachment- not the latest rankings report but that would do for the moment before she could pull one of her other magic stunts. She printed out the survey and delivered it to the boss.
"Where did you get it?" the boss must know that P must have pulled favours from elsewhere to deliver such efficiency.
"My friend was kind enough to pull something out for me," P replied.
"Whose your friend?"
"Dope."
"Ah Dope. He's helped you a fair bit, hasn't he?"
"Yes."
"Listen. I would like you to take him out for lunch on the company to thank him. If you haven't got enough on you, please come to me for some money."
P is the only person without a corporate credit card within the team.
"You clever monkey..." the boss kept repeating as P exited from her office.
*****
So P emailed Dope and informed him that he would be pleased to know that the Big Man's wife has specifically asked for him to be taken out for lunch.
She cheekily added that it is rare for them to meet up these days, let alone a rendevzous on the company account.
Mixing business with pleasure.
What a great idea!
Towards the end of the evening, the boss came by and asked P to produce some rankings survey by next morning. She knew she was in so much trouble on where to get them. Her lack of motivation also left her somewhat unfazed and she was still determined to leave the office at 6pm. P replied yes the boss would be given something by tomorrow morning.
She made a call to Dope. He said he had to look around. The guys on the trading floor have left. But she wasn't sure if he could produce her with the goods these time round. The last few times, Dope was not too successful in satisfying her professional needs. And he was still ploughing away at his desk so she thought it best to leave that thought with him than to press him on for immediate delivery.
The next morning, she logged onto her computer. Dope has sent an attachment- not the latest rankings report but that would do for the moment before she could pull one of her other magic stunts. She printed out the survey and delivered it to the boss.
"Where did you get it?" the boss must know that P must have pulled favours from elsewhere to deliver such efficiency.
"My friend was kind enough to pull something out for me," P replied.
"Whose your friend?"
"Dope."
"Ah Dope. He's helped you a fair bit, hasn't he?"
"Yes."
"Listen. I would like you to take him out for lunch on the company to thank him. If you haven't got enough on you, please come to me for some money."
P is the only person without a corporate credit card within the team.
"You clever monkey..." the boss kept repeating as P exited from her office.
*****
So P emailed Dope and informed him that he would be pleased to know that the Big Man's wife has specifically asked for him to be taken out for lunch.
She cheekily added that it is rare for them to meet up these days, let alone a rendevzous on the company account.
Mixing business with pleasure.
What a great idea!
