The other day I was feeling all go-getter in the morning at work. Didn’t even have my coffee, yet, and I was blazing saddles like a madman! Jumping all over a priority and special request from our customer. Trying to prove to my customer (and new coworkers!) that I could really beef up the customer satisfaction aspect of this shindig.
Flying through 95% of all that needed to get done… I did my sanity checks, did my process-flow checks, and made sure the customer was happy with the drafts before going through the official channels. This big-bad-boy was cocked and ready to fire!
Packet in hand, headed to the next step in the process, my senior colleague approaches in just about as much of a hurry as I was.
ME: “Hey, what’s going on?”
HIM: “Not much – dark over here, eh?” …we don’t like turning on the lights until noon. Keeps it festive.
ME: “Yeah, haha. I’ve got this request all done and ready to go for our customer – let’s do it!”
HIM: “Ummm.. why are you working on that?”
ME: *blank stare*
HIM: “Anyway, let’s get back to this priority task I was bringing over.”
Dipping into “Fight-Club” monologue mode: “I am not Richard’s completely flabbergasted and deflated left-kidney.”