Posted April 23, 2010 at 12:00 am
No matter how confused and bewildered you are, there are certain phrases that your boss may say to which you must always answer "yes."
"Do we understand each other?"
Yes.
"Can you handle this?"
Yes.
"Are you a god?"
Yes.
And then you go back to your desk and spend the next hour or so trying to suss out just what the fuck he or she was saying. There should be some kind of Boss Code manual to help us office monkeys figure out what the bosses are talking about.
PANEL 1
STEVE: Kane, thanks for stopping by. Please, have a seat.
KANE: Uh... sure thing, Steve.
PANEL 2
STEVE: I noticed you only logged three billable hours on Monday.
KANE: Well, yeah. Most of the day was spent in meetings.
PANEL 3
STEVE: Even so, we're expected to log at least forty billable hours each week. We can't let meetings get in the way of that. We have to maximize our time while we're here. Do we understand each other?
PANEL 4
KANE: Yeah. I gotta stay late. Always...
BODIE: Great. Glad we're on the same page. Now, about out dress code...
PANEL 1
STEVE: Kane, thanks for stopping by. Please, have a seat.
KANE: Uh... sure thing, Steve.
PANEL 2
STEVE: I noticed you only logged three billable hours on Monday.
KANE: Well, yeah. Most of the day was spent in meetings.
PANEL 3
STEVE: Even so, we're expected to log at least forty billable hours each week. We can't let meetings get in the way of that. We have to maximize our time while we're here. Do we understand each other?
PANEL 4
KANE: Yeah. I gotta stay late. Always...
BODIE: Great. Glad we're on the same page. Now, about out dress code...
