Our friendly neighborhood IRS office has been giving Boss some “assistance” in past tax issues. Two weeks ago, I transferred a call to my boss from the agent assigned to him. He spoke with him for some time before the call ended. When Boss got off the phone, he begins relaying some of the details of the call, as well as this valuable FYI:
Boss: He was a nice guy. Black guy. You know most of the people who work for the IRS are black?
Me: I’d like to see some statistics that show that.
Boss: It’s true! Most of the people I’ve spoken with from the IRS are black.
Me: That’s not the same as most of the IRS employees nationwide being black.
Boss: They close early too. Last time I went to their office, I got there at 4:30 and they closed the door in my face.
Me: What time are they supposed to close?
Boss: 4:30, but I couldn’t believe how eager IRS employees were to go home!
He then took that opportunity to tell me another story from yesteryear about how he would always come in to work early and leave work late, and was lauded and admired by his former employers. It was almost enough motivation for me to work past my own 4:30 closing time that day. Almost.
haha awesome
Comment by Zach — March 4, 2008 @ 11:41 am