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March 16, 2007 at 7:05 am #523
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ParticipantOkay, here’s the story. My boss (the sports editor) and a columnist at my paper decide to trek across the country to cover the Winthrop basketball team playing in Spokane, Wash. A few things you should know: 1.) my boss hates flying, 2.) they thought this would be “kinda cool” and 3.) ever since the company I work for bought another company, we’ve been too cheap to actually spend money on anything.
So off they go, leave on Tuesday and get there Thursday. Along the way, they wrote blogs and columns talking about the trip, etc. Well, once they got there, they became the story. Not the team, oh no, but my boss and the columnist. TV stations are lined up to interview them, radio shows are having them on, etc. And the one fucking thing they could say to people who have no idea what we’re like is: “We’re hungry. They don’t have grits here.” I shit you not. Grits.
Anyway, in case anyone’s interested in seeing these buffoons (I actually like the columnist, though), here’s the link to that video. Grits. Could have said anything else and they went with grits.
March 16, 2007 at 7:05 am #7736Frank
ParticipantOkay, here’s the story. My boss (the sports editor) and a columnist at my paper decide to trek across the country to cover the Winthrop basketball team playing in Spokane, Wash. A few things you should know: 1.) my boss hates flying, 2.) they thought this would be “kinda cool” and 3.) ever since the company I work for bought another company, we’ve been too cheap to actually spend money on anything.
So off they go, leave on Tuesday and get there Thursday. Along the way, they wrote blogs and columns talking about the trip, etc. Well, once they got there, they became the story. Not the team, oh no, but my boss and the columnist. TV stations are lined up to interview them, radio shows are having them on, etc. And the one fucking thing they could say to people who have no idea what we’re like is: “We’re hungry. They don’t have grits here.” I shit you not. Grits.
Anyway, in case anyone’s interested in seeing these buffoons (I actually like the columnist, though), here’s the link to that video. Grits. Could have said anything else and they went with grits.
March 16, 2007 at 11:46 am #7730Version3
KeymasterHow is their travel interesting enough to catch that attention? I don’t get it. Oh, is he using an iBook or a Macbook (your editor).
March 16, 2007 at 11:46 am #7731Version3
KeymasterHow is their travel interesting enough to catch that attention? I don’t get it. Oh, is he using an iBook or a Macbook (your editor).
March 16, 2007 at 12:50 pm #7734Bing
ParticipantVersion3 wrote:How is their travel interesting enough to catch that attention? I don’t get it. Oh, is he using an iBook or a Macbook (your editor).amen…
March 16, 2007 at 12:50 pm #7735Bing
ParticipantVersion3 wrote:How is their travel interesting enough to catch that attention? I don’t get it. Oh, is he using an iBook or a Macbook (your editor).amen…
March 16, 2007 at 5:33 pm #7737Frank
ParticipantI’m pretty sure it’s a Macbook, although I’m not 100 percent sure. And to answer your question, I’m not really sure why their trip became such big news.
March 16, 2007 at 5:33 pm #7740Frank
ParticipantI’m pretty sure it’s a Macbook, although I’m not 100 percent sure. And to answer your question, I’m not really sure why their trip became such big news.
March 16, 2007 at 11:12 pm #7732Octavious
ParticipantGotta love Carolina people and there grits. So which one is your boss.
March 16, 2007 at 11:12 pm #7733Octavious
ParticipantGotta love Carolina people and there grits. So which one is your boss.
March 16, 2007 at 11:27 pm #7738Frank
ParticipantThe older guy in the sweater and glasses. McCann is his name.
March 16, 2007 at 11:27 pm #7739Frank
ParticipantThe older guy in the sweater and glasses. McCann is his name.
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