Never Judge A Cover By The Book

(I’m new, and my boss has just introduced me to the owner. To my relief, he seems like a calm, likeable man. One day, I hear loud voices from his office so I stop to listen.)

Owner: “Why did you hire [My Name]? She doesn’t do anything and it’s a waste of my money!”

Boss: *placating* “We needed extra help since [Old Employee] left, and [My Name] has experience.”

Owner: “Well, don’t you think it’s too much of a coincidence that the pipes froze and burst the day after she’s hired?! I mean, really?!”

(At that moment, the two men burst out of his office. I busied myself, to seem that I wasn’t eavesdropping, but I was shocked that I would be blamed for some pipes bursting! The owner was always super nice to me after that. It’s surprising that he would be so nice to my face and then try to blame me for something beyond my control behind my back. I guess you can never judge a book by its cover works in the opposite as well!)