I'm an administrative assistant. The company I used to work for was managed by a woman who was more interested in her affair with the boss, make up, shopping, scrapbooking, and anything that wasn't even remotely related to actual work.
One day, I was headed in one direction across the office and boss lady was headed in the other direction with a frozen Lean Cuisine meal in her hand. She tossed it at me (literally - I was lucky I was paying attention or she might have actually injured me) and said, "Microwave this for me, will ya? I'm late for a meeting! Oh, and you can just bring it in to me when it's done."
Um...huh?
I found myself in the strange situation of trying to decide whether to smack her upside the head or simply turn tail and run.
You may ask, "What did I decide?"
I microwaved the meal (just barely) and brought it to her without a fork.
Needless to say she never asked me to microwave her food again!
3 comments:
That particular solution did not occur to me, even though "Do what's asked of you in the most half-assed manner" is my automatic setting.
Well played.
I agree. That was probably the best thing you could have done.
That's a great way to handle it. I was thinking throw some hot sauce in there, but that's a little aggressive...
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