After church I head to the "Y" to do XT. I'm driving along, in a mellow mood, when suddenly, a small beige colored Toyota Carolla is stopped in front of me. The driver (a little old lady about 80, dressed in a cute red suit) proceeds to get out of her car & is coming at me, swearing like I had just called her an ugly name. All this in happening in the middle of Capitol Street! I didn't know what the heck was going on; I asked her if she needed help & she kept cursing me out! Between curse words, I figured she thought I was tailgating her, but only when she slowed to 20 mph. I assumed she was slowing because she had engine trouble. Now, had I been the hellion I used to be, I might have switched the truck into four-wheel drive & rolled over her little car & kept going about my business as if nothing was wrong. I simply shrugged, got back in my truck and went on to the "Y". Eventually, she drove off, too.
I get to work Monday and my boss sent me an email from an agency that gave us $170K--back in 2004 with a little comment of "Kim, handle this." So, I pull the general ledger and it took me a little while but I managed to complete the report. Was feeling pretty good until the NEXT day when she sends me an email saying she needs RECEIPTS! What th'????? On top of that, I had an auditor to deal with. Was so glad for Monday's run. Did my usual 5 miles in 1 hr 5 mins.
Anybody want to hire a disgruntled, uncertified accountant??
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Yikes! What an experience! Hang in there!
A gutsy lil ole lady, huh? She is probably edging on dementia and is both paranoid and delusional...now that I have her diagnosed, I am GLAD you did not revert to your old ways of steam-rolling her little car! LOL! Sounds like you need some time away from work...Memorial Day will be timely!
I am reminded of "Fried Green Tomatoes" where some teenagers cut off Cathy Bates in the parking lot and say to her "Face it, lady, we're younger and faster!" She proceeds to ram into their car repeatedly, saying "Face it, girls, I'm older and I have more insurance."
Okay, so she was older.
At any rate, I'm glad you restrained yourself. (She was probably just getting out of church, too!)
Fried Green tomatoes is a great movie. I'm not sure I would have kept my composure if some old lady starting yelling obscenities at me. good for you for keeping it together.
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