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[โ€“] saltesc@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

One of me team members always says, "Hey, I need a word with you about something later."

And for like an hour, I'm freaking... "This is it. He's found another job. He's moving town. He's headed back to his home country... Ah, shit."

Then we meet up, "So, I might need Friday off because my parents are landing at 10am."

"What? Yes! Yes, of course! Oh my god."

Fucker gets me everytime and doesn't know he's doing it.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or maybe he DOES know and he's a sadistic bastard who gets off on this kind of thing ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Gotta keep em on their toes

[โ€“] BennyInc@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or he does it so OP says yes to whatever request they have, because hey, them taking a Friday off is still far better than them leaving the company?

That's also a possibility, yeah ๐Ÿ˜„

[โ€“] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago

Nervous system? It sure is

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

- be me
- at old job
- bosswoman asks me to meet her in the office in a few mins
- ohshitface.bmp
- I'm known to be highly critical and outspoken about the goings-on, call it "the real scenario"
- reply "do i need to bring my laptop ๐Ÿ˜ฌ"

[โ€“] Jerb322@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The visual of this is killing me! This is too funny!๐Ÿคฃ

Like I need someone to draw this. I can see it, but putting it down is something else. I don't have the skills. A person in front of a computer and someone standing in tall grass, both looking scared af....