Boss is walking around the office talking, I suppose, to me, although I think he’s only trying to work out problems verbally. He seems unconcerned that I usually do not pay much attention. After 3 years, I’ve learned when to tune in and when I can tune out. Today he is talking about a company he feels will probably accuse us of not keeping good inventory of their goods. After about 4 minutes of talking, he says:
Boss: I can just hear it coming, they’ll say we’re short 100, 50, whatever units. It’s going to take forever to reconcile the account. Do you know what ‘reconcile’ means?
Me: *Nods*
Boss: Ok ok! Geez. You know what it means, I get it.
Wow. I can’t imagine what his reaction would have been had I actually said something. I’m not sure what was more surprising, that he thought I didn’t know what it means or that he used the word correctly.
Your blog is wonderful. Please keep this going. Forever. It’s great in a way that The Office is not, because this is real. At least I hope it is.
Comment by bobby — March 5, 2008 @ 9:30 pm