why i want a female boss...

("the name's are made up, but the problems are real...")

so for the past couple of days at work there was an unusual amount of excitement in one of the partner's offices and i kept hearing Rory beeping the the other guys and saying things like "it's go time" or "move it or lose it".  which would immediately be followed by several of the partners running down the hall to the side door and outside.  since i actually work when i'm at work, i was too busy to go see what was going on until later the next  afternoon when i needed to get some checks signed.  i walked into Rory's office to see Rory holding a pellet gun, Dustin staring out the window with binoculars, and Craig directing Rory about the position of the scope.  i took one look at this and decided it was a recipe for diaster.  i smiled sweetly and in my motherly tone (because that's basically the job description of the office manager: being the mom of someone who's old enough to be your dad) asked what exactly was going on - to which they all giggled and continued to ignore me. 

 

when suddenly Craig shouts something, Rory grabs the gun and they all run passed me and out the door.  i look out the window and in the driveway of our office building complex lie several dead pigeons.....apparently the building next to us (why they care about someone else's building, i don't know) had become "infested" with a couple pigeon nests and they felt the need to waste several days saving us from the horrible fate of bird poo on someone else's window.

 

while i always think it's a bad idea to run around shooting things (in plain view of everyone driving by no less), i think it's an especially bad idea to do it during work hours AND as i found out later, using "company property."  Rory informed me that the firm had purchased the pellet gun - to which i asked how exactly he would like me categorize that "expense" in our accounting program.  he thought for a minute and replied, "a cleaning product."

1 pellet gun and pellets - $150

3 lawyers wasting 2 days of billable time - $7,000

ridding the world of 6 more pigeons - priceless