Yesterday's posts were those of honest expression; expression of real, raw, emotions. In the midst of those emotions a very funny thing happened, I will tell the story.
Yesterday a scene similar to that of Armageddon hit the office. People were on edge, worried, fearing for their jobs; just a weird environment. In the late afternoon I received a really funny email from a friend. As I'm reading/laughing out loud through this email I get a call. As I am helping the snowboard shop on the other end of the line set up a warranty for a snowboard I'm still giggling (only partially contained) at the email I had been reading when the phone rang. Mid-call my supervisor comes to me desk and says "meeting in the conference room, hurry on this call." It was then that I looked around and saw that both sides of my department had vacated all cubicles and I was the only one left on the floor. I knew what he meant by hurry. When I finished the call I slipped on my sandals (no time to buckle them), grabbed my water bottle (luckily the cap had been screwed on tight), and ran for the door toward the conference room. The conference room that is built of glass walls... just as I rounded the corner where all 35 of my colleagues in said conference room could see me, my unbuckled sandal caused me to trip over my very own two feet and hit the floor with a loud and very hard "THUD". As I laid on the floor with my head in my hands all I could think was, "Oh shit." Then I started to get up, realizing that I see these people for 9 hours every day I figured they see me make an ass out of myself all the time. Suddenly the situation was less embarassing...until I looked up at the group (who were all looking back at me) and I saw the CFO of our parent company sitting at the head of the table. Yeah, I was right the first time, this was embarassing. But I waved at everyone and then got on my feet and walked into the conference room.
I wish that my pride had been the only thing scathed but I have a large bruise and scrape on my hip and a scrape to an elbow. Surprisingly painful. I guess most of us stop taking tumbles like that when we're toddlers, makes sense that we would forget how badly it can hurt.
Yesterday a scene similar to that of Armageddon hit the office. People were on edge, worried, fearing for their jobs; just a weird environment. In the late afternoon I received a really funny email from a friend. As I'm reading/laughing out loud through this email I get a call. As I am helping the snowboard shop on the other end of the line set up a warranty for a snowboard I'm still giggling (only partially contained) at the email I had been reading when the phone rang. Mid-call my supervisor comes to me desk and says "meeting in the conference room, hurry on this call." It was then that I looked around and saw that both sides of my department had vacated all cubicles and I was the only one left on the floor. I knew what he meant by hurry. When I finished the call I slipped on my sandals (no time to buckle them), grabbed my water bottle (luckily the cap had been screwed on tight), and ran for the door toward the conference room. The conference room that is built of glass walls... just as I rounded the corner where all 35 of my colleagues in said conference room could see me, my unbuckled sandal caused me to trip over my very own two feet and hit the floor with a loud and very hard "THUD". As I laid on the floor with my head in my hands all I could think was, "Oh shit." Then I started to get up, realizing that I see these people for 9 hours every day I figured they see me make an ass out of myself all the time. Suddenly the situation was less embarassing...until I looked up at the group (who were all looking back at me) and I saw the CFO of our parent company sitting at the head of the table. Yeah, I was right the first time, this was embarassing. But I waved at everyone and then got on my feet and walked into the conference room.
I wish that my pride had been the only thing scathed but I have a large bruise and scrape on my hip and a scrape to an elbow. Surprisingly painful. I guess most of us stop taking tumbles like that when we're toddlers, makes sense that we would forget how badly it can hurt.
Well, all that's important is that your face is okay after falling on it...didn't you just get your wisdom teeth out? Ouch. But what was the meeting about? Now you've got me curious after comparing the day to Armageddon...
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