I work in a strange place

[m_cobweb]

(It's Edmonds Unitarian Church, btw. I didn't realize quite how strange it was till this morning--!)

I got caught in a traffic jam last night on the way home from coffee (and the wreck looked like a fender-bender, although I could be mistaken), I didn't get to sleep till around 3 a.m., and naturally I overslept by almost an hour. So I drag into work tired and hormonal, and am greeted by an envelope taped to my monitor labeled "You're [sic] Flies, 166 count." With apprehension I opened the envelope, and found--flies. (Winged ants, actually, I'm told.) I think my shriek was pretty loud, not to mention my laughter.

The envelope on my boss's monitor was labeled "Barbara's Flies, count 203 1/2."

There's been a little ant problem, apparently, and the custodial guy was having fun. I had no idea Roger's sense of humor was that warped. But it's certainly put me into a new frame of mind, and I imagine I can expect just about anything from today!

P.S. For the sake of clarity--the flies/ants are quite dead, and no, I didn't count them myself to see if Roger was accurate. ;-)

Comments

[vulture23.livejournal.com]

I'm just wondering about that one-half fly that your boss got.

Actually, I wonder how accurate the counts are in general. Did the custodian actually count out how many flies he was putting in each of these envelopes? That seems like a pretty significant investment of time.... perhaps he was approximating by weight. >shrug<

Well, I'm sure that's an interesting way to start your day. Gets the blood and the adrenaline pumping, and all that. ;)

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

I had all those questions, in fact.

Barbara is saving the envelopes for the head of the Building Committee.

[vulture23.livejournal.com]

Maybe the Building Committee can count them to see if they're accurately labeled?? ;)

[m-cobweb.livejournal.com]

I suggested that to Barbara and she wrote a note. "Jerry, please check count, both envelopes."

He was just in and he chuckled, but I don't think he thought it was as entertaining as we did.

If Ed the minister changes one more thing on the order of service, he's getting an envelope of flies. And he's getting the half.