Work, Coffee and Real Estate
I have the best job in the world!
I love doing what I do, I visit people in their homes, play with fabric and colours and walk out with a handful of money. Cool huh?
The best bit is when a customer cancels an appointment and there is little to do. This morning is an example of that.
I work for a crazy, loveable couple (S & V) who treat me and my family like their own family. This could be an issue for a lot of people in the workplace, but for us it works like a dream, mainly I think, because there is so much respect on all sides.
S & V have a young family who I have seen grow since birth and have done the odd babysitting adventure for them. My son has helped S on a few jobs with some labouring work, and we have socialised with them, their friends and family. V makes her special Czech dumplings just because she knows my husband loves them. We are all pretty good mates outside the workplace.
So, back to today.. S arrives and I am playing on Twitter, he comments “ah, working hard already are we?” I grunt and nod while shoving a pack of chocolate chip cookies in his face. He responds “My turn to make coffee then?” I grunt and nod again, refreshing the Twitter page. He knows me too well, I am NOT a morning person!
My first appointment had cancelled the night before, so I had a couple of hours to kill.
S arrives with coffee (hazelnut flavoured today) and he gas bags without taking a breath we chat about the Real Estate he and V were looking at over the weekend.
I start to do some actual work and note with some smug satisfaction that this is the case and he throws me a shocked look “Hell, we can’t have that! More coffee?”
Gotta love the man!
V, I don’t know how you put up with him, you are a saint!
P.S. When the work is on, we all run around like blue ass flies…. REALLY! LOL
April 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Actually re: blue arsed flies, I have to agree. Hanging out at your work for coffee is never a terribly interesting affair, as all you buggers do is talk work.. Hello??? There's a guest!
July 1st, 2008 at 7:54 pm
well, let me just tell you, I just put up with him, and I am a saint or maybe I just love him....well, let me re-phrase that....(I even talk like him these days)....LOL V.