My boss stopped by my office about thirty minutes ago to tell me that she had a teleconference at three, and that I’d need to answer the phones as everyone else was either out for the day or in meetings. “No problem,” I responded. “I’m just going to run over to Starbucks first to get a cup of coffee and some heroin.”

She stared at me.

“That might be a problem,” she replied sternly. “Everybody knows you can’t adequately respond to phone calls if you’ve been drinking coffee.”

One thought on “Beaten at my own game.

  1. Not an actual comment, but a request that you start posting again. School starts again tomorrow and I need something interesting to read while the profs blather on about the wonderful world of the law.

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