The Workplace of the Regency?
Jun. 19th, 2009 03:00 pmIn the hierarchy of my work place, it goes:
The President AKA M’Lady Sovereign Ruler Whose Word is Justice and Law
My Boss’s boss AKA the Captain (also known as Father. You’ll see why.)
My boss AKA Lady Boss, The Crazy Bitch (which I say to her face, BTW. What?? She encourages it! I’m merely bowing to her will!)
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I explain all this because Lady Boss and I spend WAAAAY too much time talking in childish, Jane-Austen-character-esque voices, discussing how Father (aka, the Captain) is either pleased or displeased.
Lady Boss (in creepy, Jane-Austen girl voice): Father is pleased with us again.
Me (ditto): Indeed, I was so frightened we would end the week poorly, dear. He was ever so displeased when that ex-employee and your friend Kirk* showed up.
Lady Boss (same): It is not as if he were my SUITOR.
Me (same): It was almost like that time he was most displeased by [Our Token Brit]. I was ever so frightened then.
Lady Boss: Yes, Ever So.
Me: But Father is pleased again, so all is well.
Lady Boss: Oh Joy!
…And so on and so forth. My work place? Strange and a little creepifying to outsiders?
I’m quite certain I have no idea what you’re talking about.
In other news, M’Lady Sovereign Ruler Whose Word Is Justice and Law has decreed that our new break room vinyl tile shall be CHERRY RED. As she has spoken and Her Word Is Justice and Law, I shall make it so.
I mean, we only need these tiles by Wednesday. That’s PLENTY of time!
(is so not looking forward to the tile deadline nightmares she just knows she’s going to have)
*YES, YES HIS NAME WAS KIRK I NEARLY DIED HE WAS SUCH A FIERCE BITCH
The President AKA M’Lady Sovereign Ruler Whose Word is Justice and Law
My Boss’s boss AKA the Captain (also known as Father. You’ll see why.)
My boss AKA Lady Boss, The Crazy Bitch (which I say to her face, BTW. What?? She encourages it! I’m merely bowing to her will!)
~*~
I explain all this because Lady Boss and I spend WAAAAY too much time talking in childish, Jane-Austen-character-esque voices, discussing how Father (aka, the Captain) is either pleased or displeased.
Lady Boss (in creepy, Jane-Austen girl voice): Father is pleased with us again.
Me (ditto): Indeed, I was so frightened we would end the week poorly, dear. He was ever so displeased when that ex-employee and your friend Kirk* showed up.
Lady Boss (same): It is not as if he were my SUITOR.
Me (same): It was almost like that time he was most displeased by [Our Token Brit]. I was ever so frightened then.
Lady Boss: Yes, Ever So.
Me: But Father is pleased again, so all is well.
Lady Boss: Oh Joy!
…And so on and so forth. My work place? Strange and a little creepifying to outsiders?
I’m quite certain I have no idea what you’re talking about.
In other news, M’Lady Sovereign Ruler Whose Word Is Justice and Law has decreed that our new break room vinyl tile shall be CHERRY RED. As she has spoken and Her Word Is Justice and Law, I shall make it so.
I mean, we only need these tiles by Wednesday. That’s PLENTY of time!
(is so not looking forward to the tile deadline nightmares she just knows she’s going to have)
*YES, YES HIS NAME WAS KIRK I NEARLY DIED HE WAS SUCH A FIERCE BITCH