Madness At Work…And Niki Saved The Day!!!
As I supposed, being the last day of the month today was the most agitated day at work. My boss couldn’t stop shouting and running from side to side, controlling everyone’s tasks and adding tons of paperwork to every poor soul who had the bad luck to have already finished what they had been assigned.
At first, she didn’t realize that I could barely emit any sound. Until the phone rang and I had to ask Alice (Alice is another secretary) to answer for me. That’s when my boss went white, then red…then green. I thought she was going to jump out the window and start running enraged through the streets…
But it didn’t happen. She looked at me and said, I hope you’ve had A LOT of fun in your weekend and losing your voice has not been in vain, then she locked in her office and we could listen to her laughing like a crazy. That’s when I got scared. It is totally normal for her to shout, banging the doors and even not to say a single word throughout the day. But laughing? That is not something that someone will count within her repertoire of furious actions … “this woman had lost her last screw” I thought and I realized that situation was going to be more than bad for all of us…
So I decided to save the day. Quietly, I slipped out of the office, and made my way back to Starbucks (I say back cause I had already been there in the morning!) I waited forever in the row, took courage… And joined that group of stupid people carrying more coffees, than they should (of course, first and last time I did it. It was the most awful thing walking down the street in that way!) Back to the office as an out of season Santa Claus, I began to distribute the drinks among the crazy staff.
I left my boss’ as the last… I had to gather courage again and knock at her door. She replied with something like a growl and I dared to come in … With a calm that I was far away to feel, I gave her the extra giant coffee (which unfortunately in Starbucks hadn’t agree to fulfill with a bottle of whisky) and I offered to help in whatever it was necessary.
My advice? Don’t you ever happen to do this! Apparently the cafe served and day went better … But, cause of my sincere offer (I wonder what in the world had made such a brilliant idea come to my mind…), I had to bring work home, and I think I will be handling it until Christmas!
