Here Are Your Choices

Here are your choices I tell my boss.
I can fill out paperwork and ask for that Friday off
Or I can call you that morning and pretend to be sick.
Which do you prefer?

I prefer to know ahead of time, she replies.
Good choice I think.
I think it guarantees she will grant the request.
But I am wrong.
So I have to call in sick that morning.
We both laugh.
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Hankins Avatar
September 22, 2021 at 10:24 AM
I'm a firm believer that sometimes the boss is one step ahead of us, but we can step over them and move on.....Love it!
Krutsinger Avatar
September 22, 2021 at 10:08 PM
I just have to do what I have to do.
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