The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House In The Worst Way
A manager from another department has come over looking for the manager of ours.
Manager: “Hey, where’s [Our Manager]? I haven’t seen him around.”
Coworker: “He’s on leave.”
Manager: “For how long? He’s been gone a while.”
Me: “He’s on medical leave.”
Manager: “For how long?”
Me: “We can’t say.”
Manager: “Well, what is he sick with? Shouldn’t last longer than a week or two, surely?!”
Coworker: “Hey, [Manager], remember when you were in the office a couple of weeks ago, and [Our Manager] stormed into the room and asked us why ‘the d*** phone’ kept ringing and why no one was answering it?”
Manager: “Oh, yeah, even though the phone wasn’t ringing? Yeah, that was funny.”
Me: “He… wasn’t joking.”
Manager: “Haha, sure, he just heard a phone ringing and no one else did? You’re making it sound like he had some kind of breakdown.”
My coworker and I both stare at him unblinkingly.
Manager: *Eyes widening with realisation* “Oh. Ohhhhh! Medical leave. Gotcha. Never mind.”
