Sublyme wrote:
So this morning I was discussing a new product with my boss that she needs for a presentation at some point in the near future. When I asked her when would like to see samples by, she says, "not tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow."
I though about it for a moment and decided it must be a big rush, because 48 hours seemed like a really short amount of time to formulate a new product, even if it was just a concept for a presentation.
So I got working right away. Worked through lunch. I even freaked out a coworker by telling her our boss needed samples for the presentation by Thursday.
I showed her what I had made this afternoon, we decided it needed improvement (she hadn't even given me a prototype yet).... and she says..."don't worry...we have plenty of time."
"What!@$@#"....."No we don't, we only have until Thursday!! !!" I say very matter-of-factly...
In walks my coworker also was rushing to get her samples ready and hears what we are talking about. She tells my boss "you never said anything about Thursday, I don't have enough time"
My boss laughs. "Where did you get Thursday from??"
I tell her she said she didn't need to see the samples tomorrow but "the day after tomorrow. Which is indeed in fact...Thursday"...
Both of them start laughing hysterically...not knowing what they were laughing at I just started to laugh too (I do that a lot). Then it occured to me....
My boss didn't mean she needed the samples "the day after tomorrow." It meant "start thinking about what you want to do, and I want to see the samples in a couple of weeks." It was a figure of speech.....gah...
I think they make me crazy on purpose......
You poor thing! Sounds like my life. I have a hard time understanding when people put a timeline to "thinking about it". How can you schedule those kind of things?