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sparkindarknessClient's elderly desiccated mother: *staggers into officer grumbling*
Me: How are you today, Mrs. OC (this inevitably leads to a looooong grumble)
OC: *grumpy* Everyone asks me that but no-one cares. No-one would care if I died tomorrow. You don't really care how I am.
Me: Quite correct, Mrs. OC. I don't actually care whether you're fit and healthy or just died yesterday. I was being polite, I'll stop making the effort since it bothers you.
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Senior Partner: What are you doing, Sparky?
Me: Pottering about doing nothing and counting the hours until I can go home without you bitching at me.
SP: What?
Me: Well, you did ask.
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Mad Secretary: C from Xfirm is on the phone
Me: Argh, get rid of him, I don't want to handle that case today
Ms: Ok... c? Sorry, Sparky's too lazy to come to the phone right now and will call you back when his deadlines start stressing him into actually doing something
Y'know, I love working somewhere where everyone has a sense of humour :) (And C wasn't a client, he's a lawyer from another firm who went to uni with me and rocks muchly).
Me: How are you today, Mrs. OC (this inevitably leads to a looooong grumble)
OC: *grumpy* Everyone asks me that but no-one cares. No-one would care if I died tomorrow. You don't really care how I am.
Me: Quite correct, Mrs. OC. I don't actually care whether you're fit and healthy or just died yesterday. I was being polite, I'll stop making the effort since it bothers you.
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Senior Partner: What are you doing, Sparky?
Me: Pottering about doing nothing and counting the hours until I can go home without you bitching at me.
SP: What?
Me: Well, you did ask.
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Mad Secretary: C from Xfirm is on the phone
Me: Argh, get rid of him, I don't want to handle that case today
Ms: Ok... c? Sorry, Sparky's too lazy to come to the phone right now and will call you back when his deadlines start stressing him into actually doing something
Y'know, I love working somewhere where everyone has a sense of humour :) (And C wasn't a client, he's a lawyer from another firm who went to uni with me and rocks muchly).
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Date: 2006-08-04 04:47 pm (UTC)senses of humour in the workplace are sadly unappreciated and increasingly rare. =)
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Date: 2006-08-05 11:17 pm (UTC)It makes life and work truly worth it, yes yes it does
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Date: 2006-08-04 11:55 pm (UTC)Did you REALLY say it? Any of it? Did you REALLY?
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Date: 2006-08-05 12:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-05 11:21 pm (UTC)Course I did! All of it :)
Ok the first one was temper on my part - I asked a perfectly civil and polite question and made courteous small talk that is expected of all decent people. Her reponse was the verbal equivalent of a slap in the face. Unacceptable.
The second two were just fun :) The SP knows me and has a sense of humour (and, besides, doesn't care HOW we spend our hours so long as we clock up enough units) and will take it in the spirit it was offered (remember, this is the man who had to endure someone crawling along the floor declaring that "they couldn't feel their legs" in winter. And the same guy who gritted his teeth when we interpretted 'casual day' as 'fancy dress day.')
The last guy was my friend. MS knows that :) He'll laugh and expect me to call back in 10 minutes (which I did).
Humour is good - so long as you are careful with your targets
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Date: 2006-08-11 12:37 pm (UTC)What story was this? I wanna hear! <3 =D
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Date: 2006-08-23 06:39 pm (UTC)