Cow-Lick
Hey, is it ok if I leave early today? You know, with the storms and stuff?
I looked up from my screen. Before me was a young chap with the most ridiculous hair. It looked like a cow had licked it half off his head.
Eh, what? Leave early you say?
I looked out the window. There was apparently a storm blowing outside. The weather reports had given out amber warnings of doom.
Outside my window however there were just a few brown leaves dancing with each other in the wind.
Cow-Lick looked nervous as if I had asked him to sit on my lap.
Um, yeah. Like, the trains are all cancelled and it will be really difficult for me to get home. So I thought I would ask?
He beseeched me with eyes that resembled boiled sheep's testicles.
I looked about to see if he was really talking to me. I had no idea who he was. I hoped he wasn't a madman who had circumvented our elaborate secure entry procedures.
Luckily there was a spoon on my desk. I surreptitiously moved my hand towards it.
Sorry, let me understand. Why are you asking me?
I said this slowly so as not to enrage him, just in case he was a street-bonker.
He looked at me as if I were a donkey with a bag of chips.
Erm, well, you're my boss aren't you?
I narrowed my eyes.
I am?
Yes, so El Jefe said last week.
He did? Ah. Righto.
Well this was news to me. I dropped the spoon and instead picked up a pen and gave it a thoughtful nibble.
Cow-Lick shuffled his feet.
So can I go then?
He asked, his voice tinged with hope.
Aye, if you like.
I said.
He grinned like a freshly caught scallop and scampered off.
It seemed like moments later El Jefe materialised at my desk.
Hey did you let Cow-Lick away home early?
He bellowed in a none too friendly fashion.
I leaned back in my magnificent chair and removed the pen from my mouth before waving it at him like a wand.
Yes. Yes I did actually.
El Jefe harrumphed belligerently and pawed at the ground with his leathery hooves.
Did you tell him he will have to make the time up?
I sighed and looked out the window at the gently swaying trees.
No, I didn't even know I was his boss.
El Jefe fizzed in a purple froth.
Right. Well you bloody are. Read the adverse weather policy before you go sending people home, right?
I saluted his back as he stomped off.
Hmm, I am not so sure this boss malarkey will be much fun.
One of my staff came to my office and asked me could she go home. She was one of the weekend temps and she said she was sick.. Whats wrong with you? I asked. " I just got my flowers" she said and "they have soaked right through". 😳😳😳 Go home go home go home go home go home go home......................................go home go home. Take however long you want go home go home !
Oh man!! I really really really hope that nothing similar ever happens to me. Nightmare!!!
Being a woods-working boss, one of my new crew members one year asked me during orientation, "what do I do when my period hits out in the field?" Turning a bit pink in the cheek, I shunted her off to the only other woman on the crew that had been with me for years. And explained that all I know about these things is that they belong at the end of a proper sentence. Oh, the joys of bosshood. May you never have to go there.
Holy Bayshore. That is what I would do, I can think of nothing worse! Well, I daresay I could but heck that's not what I would want to be advising on!!
I was gonna tell her to go home and have a steak to get some iron into her but gladly I didn’t !
She made her own steak!!!
😂😂😂
by the way I love your gif
Who made this? it is awesome :D
Hehe. I made it my very self! It was quite a rushed effort but I was well pleased with it!
For a rushed effort it is really cool. I would have said some time and effort had gone into that if you had not said anything.
your a funny awesome guy :D
Hehe, aye. I should claim it took ages!
I could do as you as been my boss, oh wait, I need a job first haha
Jobs are overrated!! ;0)
Look at you being all 'boss like' without even knowing it hahaha
Hehe, aye!! Add if I was born to it ;0)
Hmm. Something like this?
Sorry. I just wanted to show off the pic.
But you might want to inform El Jeffe that an adverse weather policy which leads to employees being stuck in... well, adverse weather may lead to a drop in spirit and thereby productivity. In other words, it may affect them adversely
He can't really argue with his own philosophy, can he? Well, he can, but I could definitely see this one working.
He could trust me!!
That looks finely storm-esque!!
If the adverse weather policy forbids letting out employees who are trying to not die on the way home in adverse weather whoever wrote it needs a good kick XD
So you're a boss now ay, you can teach El Jefe how it's supposed to be done then ;D
I strongly suspect he might be using this as an excuse to teach me who is really the boss!!
Oh yes the days when I had hair, I had a pretty decent cowlick as well. Don't have to worry about that now. It's storm day! Let's all leave early. hehe. Speaking of which, it actually rained today here in the desert. I had no idea it was planning to either. It was an unexpected surprise...let's be honest, any time it rains is an unexpected surprise. :)
Ah for it to be a surprise!! Lol. That's awesome, is a surprise when it's not raining here. I think I might have had one back in the nineties!!
lol :)
hahaha! brilliant as always sir meesterboom and so is cecicastor's comment! lol. boss man huh? you already rule hear, I don't know what more you want! lol.
I don't even know who I am the boss of!!! :0D
ha! I don't have any idea of any of this is in real life...have you really been made some kind of boss at work? and if so then you should have more beer money!
It is! All my inspiration Congress from my day to day happenings. I just have a knack of making them funny!!
I am a boss now... Apparently!
ha! okay well I hope no one from works is on steemit then! So the new boss position means more money right? so you can buy even more exotic beer?
Lol, there are hardly any Scottish steemians, thankfully for me! It is why I use funny names for them all though!
And the money, well, here's hoping!!
sir meesterboom! so the names are made up but man, the descriptions are so vivid that we all believe these people are real and really like that!
So you guess you got the promotion and you just hope there is more money involved? lol. That's hilarious but maybe that's a cultural difference thing.
Well I just got told I was being given some people to manage but then I never heard anything more until Cow-Lick turned up! I have been told to organise a team merging now as well but I only have one person. When I asked about the money I got told hr would be in touch. Lol, I am being fucked over!
your subordinates are putting you to the test dear friend @meesterboom, did not even know you and asked you to leave early, today's chocos are not what they used to be
I think your boss repented of reloading homework as interim chief
I wish you a good night
A good night for you to @jlufer! I didn't even know I had a subordinate!
You are such a good boss, meesteboom letting your subordinates leave early unlike El Jefe who is following the rules strictly. I hope he can learn from you. Upvoted!
Ha, more like he will force me to be like him!! Yeek!