My boss, M is without a doubt one of the best managers I have ever worked for. One of his special talents is being very accessible while maintaining managerial distance. Today M did something that is totaly uncharacteristic. . . he sent out spam.
 
It was an excel spreadsheet with a macro where you type in your name and it will spit out what your chosen career should be. (If you want to see it, send an e-mail to nicole AT travelingtreefrog.com)

I walked in the door after it had been sent out and Rav called me over to her desk. “You gotta see what it says you are!” She typed in my name and it said that I should be a prostitute. Adding my middle name isn’t any better. That combination tells me that I should be a ho. I think a prostitute is better than a ho. At least a prostitute is smart enough to be paid.

M sits behind Rav and he seemed a bit concerned. “It’s just a joke.”

Of course I thought it was hysterical. Colm walked by and I asked him what it said he should be.

“Topless model.”

“I’m a prostitute.”

“Excellent.”

Al told Liz to type in my name and M overheard. He IMed Al asking him to not say anything about putting my name in.

I immediately smelled blood in the water.

From: Nicole Thomas (NICOLE D. THOMAS)
Sent: 03 April 2007 15:32
To: M
Subject: RE: Not Part of this Years MYCD…….

Hey M,

We can talk about this in our one on one but I found this entirely inappropriate and I think it undermines my credibility with the team.

I may need to go talk to HR about it.

Nicole

 
PS. Happy Late April Fool’s Day.

 
Rav and I are now concerned that M will never send out a funny e-mail again.

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