Archive for August, 2010

The Dream…

Aug
5

Before I get into this story there are a few things you need to know about the CEO of the company I work for. The owner of the company (we will call him The Owner) is a real easy going person and seems to care about his employees. Everyday he comes in and does a walk around on the floor to see how everyone is doing . Now keep in mind he is the type of person you can walk up to and let him know how you feel about something and he will take it to heart and try to make it right, if the issues have cause. I have never seen this man mad about anything in the two years I have been here, and he has never been unwilling to lend you his ear. Now just because you can go to him about anything does not mean you should. I normally will not go to him about anything without going to my boss first. This is common sense for anyone or so I would think….

Its around 8am on a Monday morning and I am in a good mood but little did I know my day was about to get allot better. My boss walks up to me and says “Hey, did Beavis call you at all this weekend?”. Well it so happen Beavis did and it was over something stupid that he should have know how to deal with. Now some time has gone by and I forgot what the phone call was about but I told him he should know how to deal with something like this and that he was bothering me. I went ahead and told him how to deal with whatever the problem was and went on with my life. I told my boss this and he responded with “OK, well he called The Owner over the weekend asking him to come in on a Saturday to talk about employee relations. Have you been messing around with him at all that would have pissed him off?” I told him “Do you have to ask that?”. He then tasked me to try finding out what I could so we could get ready for what ever this dip-shit was about to try and pull.

So I started to IM Jabba to find out all I could about what was going on before Beavis came in the next day. Well Jabba would not give in so easily after a few minutes of asking, so I gave up and moved on with my life. Well the next day my Boss asked me if I had found out what was going on and I told him that I could not get anything out of her and that I was going to try again. So I sent Jabba a IM again asking her what happen. Well it went a little like this…

m!Lk: So why did Beavis call The Owner over the weekend?

Jabba: I told you I am not going to say

m!Lk: Oh come on, we want to know why he would call The Owner over the weekend and ask him to come in.

Jabba: I cant tell you, you will think its stupid.

m!Lk: As I am sure it is stupid but that is not the point here. I want to know why.

Jabba: You promise not to tell anyone?

m!Lk: Who would I tell?

Jabba: OK, but you cant laugh.

m!Lk: Oh this should be good.

Jabba: I don’t think I should tell you, Beavis will get mad.

m!Lk: Who gives a shit, tell me.

Jabba: Beavis had….you sure your not going to say anything?

m!Lk: Dear god woman tell me.

Jabba: Fine, Beavis had a bad Dream and called The Owner to come in and talk about it.

m!Lk: Your shitting me right?

Jadda: Nope

At this point I am in tears, everyone in the office could hear me laughing. I was laughing so hard I got lightheaded and about passed out.

Jabba: OMG. shut up. You said you would not laugh.

m!Lk: How could I not, he asked The Owner…the CEO of this company to come in on a weekend to talk about a fucking dream. Do you not see the problem here?

Jabba: No, I think he should talk to him about this.

m!Lk: Right…anyway what was the dream about?

Keep in mind I am still laughing over this and my boss pipes up and comes over and asked me what is going on. I point to my screen and have him read what was said. He has to stop himself from laughing and just walks away and runs outside.

Jabba: No, I am not telling you. You will think its stupid.

m!Lk: More stupid than what I think it is now?

Jabba: I have to get back to work now.

So I walk outside and my boss is on the phone with his wife telling her about this and tells me to come over to him.

Boss: Did she tell you what the dream was about yet?

m!Lk: No, I think I pissed her off.

Beavis pulls up into the parking lot

Boss: Say nothing, and quit laughing damn it, he is here. No really stop.

m!Lk: I don’t think I can.

Boss: Hurry go back inside I don’t need him to see you laughing like this.

So Beavis comes in and sits down and I am in tears. It is taking everything I have in me to not bust out laughing at him. Well he just happens to see me laughing and starts laughing with me and then asked me what is so funny. I tell him it was some stupid joke someone told me then got up and left my desk. I go to the bathroom and pull myself together and walk back to my desk. Well my boss walks up taps me on the shoulder and points outside. So I get up and go outside with him. Now one more thing you need to know about The Owner, he always parks in the back of the building. I have never seen him park up front since I have been there, and my boss has never seen him park up front since he has been there (My boss has been there a long ass time).

Boss: I called The Owner and told him the reason Beavis called him over the weekend.

m!Lk: What did he say.

Boss: I can’t tell you that.

m!Lk: That good huh?

Boss: Anyway The Owner is here right now but do you see his car?

m!Lk: No I don’t, where did he park?

Boss: He parked up front then sneaked into his office and shut the door so no one would know he was here.

m!Lk: *Laughs* He is hiding from him?

Boss: *Laughs* Yea, he is. Have you found out what the dream was about?

m!Lk: Not yet let me go find out.

So I walk back to my desk and start IMing Jabba trying to find out what the dream was about.

m!Lk: Hey, I have to know what the dream was about. Tell me please.

Jabba: No

m!Lk: Oh come on you can tell me.

Jabba: OK, but you cant laugh this time he is here and I don’t want him to find out.

m!Lk: OK, no laughing.

Jabba: He had a bad dream about your boss and my boss firing him and he wanted to talk to The Owner about it. He felt that it was a sign of bad luck and wanted to make sure he was not going to be fired.

I start laughing again

m!Lk: Wow, was he dropped allot?

Jabba: That’s not nice, but yes he is not that bright.

m!Lk: I think I would use a lot stronger word than that.

I am still laughing. Beavis turns around after he got off the phone and once again starts laughing with me and asked me what I was laughing about. I told him it was the same joke I was laughing at before and I would tell him later.

Jabba: Stop laughing he is going to find out.

I walk over to my boss and whispered this in his ear…

m!Lk: He had a dream that you and the VP of sales got together and fired him.

Boss: You have to be joking me.

m!Lk: I think we need to fire him right now, the little fucker is physic.

He then placed his head on the desk and started to laugh

Now I don’t know if they ever talked about it or not. I just know that day The Owner did not make his normal rounds to everyone and ask them how they were. Now that I think about it I did not see him for about a week.  I do know Beavis got up and went to The Owner’s office and would come back and ask me if I had seem The Owner and I would just tell him no. I don’t know what part of his brain told him that it would be a good idea to ask the CEO of the company to come in on a Saturday to talk about a dream but all I know is it takes brass balls or a very low IQ to pull a stunt like that.

Update: Was just told from an undisclosed individual that it was demons in the building that were influencing them to fire him.