Hi Pen,
I had a very busy day, too. Out and about a lot of the day stocking up for Christmas and for a welcome visitor that we are picking up at the airport this morning.
I am very disappointed with Blue. He told me his wild days were a thing of the past, but I won’t begrudge him a Christmas celebration with his mates after he has been locked down for so long.
He was feeling so crook that he decided to take a sickie. The next morning when he got to work, his boss stormed up to him and said, “
You missed work yesterday, didn’t you?” Blue replied,
“No, not particularly.”
Then he went off to talk to one of his mates. His mate says, “
I can make the boss give me the day off.”Blue replies, “
Oh yeah? And how would you do that?”
His mate says, “
Just wait and see.”He then hangs upside down from the ceiling.
The boss comes in and says, “
What are you doing?”
Blue’s mate replies, “
I’m a light bulb.”
The boss then says, “
You’ve been working so much that you’ve gone crazy. I think you need to take the day off.”
As his mate leaves, Blue starts to follow him and the boss says, “
Where are you going?”
Blue says, “
I’m going home, too. I can’t work in the dark.”
And I’ll leave you with the story about what happened when Blue got promoted to manager.
He spends a week at his new office with the manager he is replacing.
On the last day, the departing manager tells him, “
I’ve left three numbered envelopes in the desk drawer. Open an envelope if you encounter a crisis you can’t solve.”
Three months down the road there is a major drama in the office and Blue feels very threatened by it all.
He remembers the parting words of his predecessor and opens the first envelope.
The message inside says “Blame your predecessor!”
He does this and gets off the hook.
Sometime later, the company is experiencing a dip in sales, combined with serious product problems.
Blue quickly opens the second envelope.
The message read, “
Reorganise!”
He starts to reorganise and the company quickly rebounds.
Three months later, at his next crisis, he opens the third envelope.
The message inside says, “
Prepare three envelopes.”
