Friday, August 24, 2007
The Meeting
-Those of us who stayed allowed to use custodians' shower, so we remained presentable. And my wife brought in fresh clothes for a good while.
-How did she feel...?
-Proud at first, but wearied that my usual hometasks were being neglected. I was an ace in the garden.
-What happened to it?
-Oursourced. Really good man...well she eventually married the gardener.
-All that sacrifice! For the company!
-Well, some fruition at least. I tried to toast the record with Lou from Purchasing, and he my mandatory retirement, when he...
-Dropped dead. I heard.
-Tragically. Anyway, so, that's it. You can't have
a meeting with just one person.
-You're historian too, right. How many...?
-Average attendance twenty-six. High over a hundred.
-Wow! How did you ever stick with it? Then endless business meeting is a standard joke, but you actually...
-Tons of Danish.
-Sixteen years worth! Brother! You haven't left the building in sixteen years! This room really, except for the shower.
-We started with butcher paper and grease pencils. Now Power Point of course.
-Look at those monitors!
-They just came. Big as multiplex screens.
I think I'll go to a movie now.
-You deserve it.
-Thanks, but I've been recognized. The Big Man
sent a dvd.
-I heard everybody was forced to watch it.
-We don't look at things that way.
-Those of us who stayed allowed to use custodians' shower, so we remained presentable. And my wife brought in fresh clothes for a good while.
-How did she feel...?
-Proud at first, but wearied that my usual hometasks were being neglected. I was an ace in the garden.
-What happened to it?
-Oursourced. Really good man...well she eventually married the gardener.
-All that sacrifice! For the company!
-Well, some fruition at least. I tried to toast the record with Lou from Purchasing, and he my mandatory retirement, when he...
-Dropped dead. I heard.
-Tragically. Anyway, so, that's it. You can't have
a meeting with just one person.
-You're historian too, right. How many...?
-Average attendance twenty-six. High over a hundred.
-Wow! How did you ever stick with it? Then endless business meeting is a standard joke, but you actually...
-Tons of Danish.
-Sixteen years worth! Brother! You haven't left the building in sixteen years! This room really, except for the shower.
-We started with butcher paper and grease pencils. Now Power Point of course.
-Look at those monitors!
-They just came. Big as multiplex screens.
I think I'll go to a movie now.
-You deserve it.
-Thanks, but I've been recognized. The Big Man
sent a dvd.
-I heard everybody was forced to watch it.
-We don't look at things that way.
