I reached a new level

Of meanness that is.
Recently in the news there have been a stories of young girls that have run away to meet their older lover. Well there’s another danger that many people don’t think about with chat programs, ‘specially when they’re loaded on machines at work.

One of the guys here mistakenly signed in to Yahoo IM, then left for a bit to run an errand. His wife send him an IM asking how is day’s going and well it was all down hill from there. My Boss / Partner in Crime / Best Friend Since High School and I were walking past his machine about the time the message popped up. And when I mentioned it was all down hill, well it was all down hill for him.

It started out simple enough, with the hey how are you. Blah, Blah, Blah crap.
Me: So what’re you wearing?
Her: Same thing I had on this morning when I left.
Me: Was it the leopard or cheetah print undies? I can’t remember
Her: Neither, I’m commando (I think I’m gonna be sick)
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Her: Is he still being an ass?
Me: Who?
Her: phin (Isn’t my real name, I subbed it in)
Me: Nah, he’s been pretty cool today
Her: Have you asked off so we can go to the games next week
Me: Not yet, I’m going to wait till he gets out of a meeting
Her: Maybe he won’t be an ass about it
Me: Hopefully not
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Me: What’s for dinner

Her: Dunno
Me: Really, what are you fixin me I’m getting hungrey
Her: Then you cook
Me: I didn’t get married to cook, I married a cook
Her: You think so
Me: I think my dinner best be ready when I get home
Her: You the F$*% do you think you are
Me: No need to be pissy about it, just have my dinner ready(And I close the chat program and sign off)

I can’t till he asks me for time off.
Oh, I’m not quite sure how he’ll bring up that we got him in trouble with his misses since chat programs aren’t allowed on the machines at work.
To be continued...


Update: When my employee came in to ask for time off, he didn't ask for time off to see the game, he asked for an afternoon off to early register for some classes at one of the local Tech. Colleges. I told him I had to check my schedule to see if he could have the afternoon off, but that I thought I had already allowed someone else to have that day off. I went back to him about 10 minutes later and gave him the morning of to register for the classes (I don't want to interfere with his education). I can't decide whether or not to give him the time off since he lied about it.

So maybe she was right to call me an ass.

Update #2: The production meeting has come and gone, he apparently didn't get much sleep last night; his couch isn't very comfy. He came in and asked for the time off to go to the ACC Tourney Games, which I'd have let him go to, to start with had he not lied. He's been walking around with a scored puppy look all morning. Maybe he'll thin about uninstalling Yahoo Instant Messenger before something like this accidentally happens again.

Posted by phineas g. at 04:34 PM on March 10, 2005
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