I got into the office today after a long battle with my alarm clock. I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning at all. I decided it best not to check my schedule online this morning, because I’ve been mired down in meetings for the past week and really didn’t want to see them all laid bare in front of me before going in.
Flash forward past my commute… I sit down at my desk and check my calendar. Wow. Meetings all day. I’m glad I didn’t check that this morning… wait. What’s this? A one-on-one meeting with my division manager this morning! ^#$@%!
Thank GOD Tasha elected to press my shirt and pants last night or else I would’ve been a total mess. I intended to wear a tie for my first meeting with our division manager but since I’m at work already, I’m sunk.
OR AM I?
When I first started the job over here I wore a tie every day for the first week. I figured it was important to make a good first impression, but it was quickly made evident to me that most of my coworkers (myself included) hated ties and deemed them unnecessary.
On my first Friday at the office, I finally decided to lose the tie. It was my good green and black silk tie, the one that miraculously never wrinkles. I intentionally stuck it in my portfolio case should I ever need a tie in a pinch, and lo and behold I was able to fish it out this morning.
So I run to the little executives room and I start putting on my tie. Naturally, fate loves situations like this and I hear the toilet flush behind me. Out walks my division manager. He says “Good Morning” as I’m halfway through tying my tie.
Thinking quickly, I casually remark “I got here this morning and noticed my tie was a little short”, flashing a quick smile. He chuckled and said “Yeah, mine always seem to tie a little different, I’m in here doing that a lot.”
Ippon. More information after the meeting today at noon. 🙂
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