Touching base
01/22/2010
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CEO: HRD……..where the fuck have you been?
HRD: CEO………I’ve been hiding
CEO: ……..hiding?……..from?
HRD:………………….so how are you?
CEO: You need to come and see me more often. I mean, how the fuck am I supposed to know what the fuck is going on?
HRD:…….perhaps, you could………..no, second thoughts, maybe not……..
CEO: So tell me, what the fuck IS going on?
[an hour later]
CEO:…….well
HRD:………yes
CEO:………indeed
HRD:………indeed
CEO:…..I
HRD:….you?
CEO:……I mean
HRD:……you mean?
CEO:………so
HRD:………so
CEO:………so?
HRD: Shall I brief the rest of the board?
CEO:………the board?
HRD: Yes, the………other people that sit…….. around that table.
CEO: The Board? Bugger the bloody board, they’re fucking dysfunctional….but HRD?
HRD:………yes?
CEO: You really must come and see me more often………..
My Hell is Other People 
I’m not sure what’s worse – the conversation that you had with your CEO or the fact that I think I understood (and recognized) it.
Really though, with inspiration like that – why don’t you see them more often?!
Hahahaha….wow- some charity is going to pretty lucky :p it’s amazing how much ‘they’ want to know and then when u tell them- u really start to hear crickets…
oh my- how hilarious. keep it up!
gosh, these stories are hilarious! i’m glad they’re back!!
@Corporate Daycare – The CEO has this reverse Pavlovian thing going on!
@Karen – Ah yes the charity swearathon……watch this space!
@thuy – Thanks, genuinely I hadn’t seen the CEO for a while!