Friday 7 September 2012

Delusions of perfection

Well, hasn't it been a long time since I was here?  I wont bore you all with the details, but it's been a pretty shitty year so far for numerous reasons.

So, what has driven me back to the blog world then?  Well, I thought the world needed to know that I have met the world's first, and possibly only perfect human being...

Now, as I'm sure you'll have realised already, being perfect is far from an easy feat... can any of you say you have never made a mistake in your lives?  I certainly can't make such a claim, like may of you in fact I make mistakes on a regular basis... be they large or small, significant or irrelevant... they happen.

My boss however... well he never makes any mistakes at all, yet strangely those around him seem to make more than most.

The latest example, the straw that broke the camel's back if you will, happened over the last few days.  Having received some product samples in the office while I was off, which of course he couldn't be bothered to dirty his hands sending out, he tells me that they're all for one customer.

After a couple of days of random comments being dropped every now and then about sending out said samples yesterday I organised them.  So I packed them all up nicely, and booked the courier to pick them up, a process which requires the use of said boss' credit card.

So he gave me his card to use, having asked what it was for, and I booked the collection.  The samples were sent yesterday afternoon.

So... roll on today.  It turns out half of the samples were for someone else, and while talking to my colleague the boss comes to ask me if they've shipped already, and I reply yes.  His reply?  Well, of course that would be to roll his eyes and state that "it would've been nice to know"... hang on a minute... am I alone in thinking that the fact that I asked for his credit card yesterday "to send those samples out" is a pretty big hint as to the fact that they're being sent out?

But, of course, it's far more important that everyone think he's perfect than it is to actually get things right.