“Why are you complaining, Dan?” My boss asked. “You’re in the golden state.”
“It’s 3:00AM. That’s why I’m complaining.”
“That’s funny. It’s noon here.”
“It’s dark here, so I can’t tell if it’s golden. But wind is driving supersonic (rain)spheroids against the window, so I’m pretty sure…”
“It never rains in Southern California, Dan,” My boss interrupted.
“I’m in Northern California.” I replied.
“Well, eh, hmm. I just wanted to wish you luck with the customer meeting.”
“Thanks. Good night.”
“And,” he interjected. “You need to revise the forecast, redo next year’s business plan, update the response sheet for the Sun attack, Mainframe attack and Cisco attack..”
“I thought we were partners with Cisco.”
“Of course. The Cisco partnership call is..”
“I get the idea.”
“And how will you use the marketing assistance..”
“I won’t.”
“… revise the strategic growth initiative, respond to the management mandate, complete the standards of business conduct course, watch the Ethics in Action webcast…
“The Ethics in Action webcast!” I interrupted. “I’ll do that right now. Goodbye.”
In truth, suffering from jetlag, I had been awake when he called. “But,” I thought. “I know that the Ethics in Action webcast will put me to sleep.”
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