The Chicken, the Blue Bird and the Eagle
2008-Jun-11, Wednesday 12:25 pmMy bosses and I have quite a relationship. Well, I have quite a relationship with all my coworkers. But my boss, Dr. B, calls me up all the time giving me little errands and “Missions” to do. He called me yesterday, saying he’d left his business cards on the window seal of his bathroom, and he needed me to ask Mrs. E (my actual boss and president of the company, also his wife) to bring them by so that I could ship them, over-night Fed-Ex to him at his seminar in Las Vegas. He said that my mission was to say it was in fact my fault that this happened, and that it was my responsibility to get him those business cards. So, I told Mrs. E that I needed to ship the Fed-Ex cards over night, because it was my fault they were on the window seal of his bathroom. She replies with “Of course. Because you’re there so often…” then she said, “I have to go by Fed-Ex anyway, so give me the address and I’ll get them to him.” Which…is what Dr. B wanted to avoid. I sent him this e-mail:
MM: The chicken attempted to infiltrate the nest to retrieve the corn…but Blue Bird got wise. I repeat, Blue Bird got wise.
He replied with:
DB: Roger that. The chicken was brave to accept this mission. I have been made aware of revisional plans to offset the infiltration. I'll let you know when the Eagle has landed. Appreciated your efforts but there appears to be no retrieval system that has yet been created to bypass Blue Bird detection. Pentagon has been alerted. Over and out.
I have the greatest bosses ^____^
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I got a call that might have been a compteitor fishing for information. I e-mailed the bosses and I got this response.
DB: The chicken reacted most appropriately to the fox in pursuit of the golden egg. Blue Bird is in a state of alarm but has not flown the coup. Blue Bird is reinforcing the nest as we speak and her talons have grown. Should the fox return, direct the fox away. I repeat direct the fox away. We do not want to see the blood on the talons of the Blue Bird. It is not pleasant to watch.
My reply?
MM: Roger, that. Chicken is still sittin’ pretty on the golden egg with no sign of the fox as of yet. Will crow to the other hens when all is clear.
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