Today I had part one of my annual performance review at work. (Thank god I don't get one at home because my ranking for "Cleans House Without Prompting" would be in the toilet.) Anyway, before the review got started my boss asked me about the results of my bone marrow biopsy. I explained about the two disorders, blah, blah, blah. So, here's how the rest of the conversation went:
Boss: So what are the symptoms?
Me: Well, the one that affects my platelets makes me fat and the one that affects my hemoglobin can make me crabby. So, basically you're just sitting across the desk from one big disability and you'll never be able to give me anything but a positive review because I've got an excuse for all my weaknesses now.
Long pause, after which I bust a gut laughing.
Boss: Get out of my office.
After he got over the shock of being so gullible, we had a good laugh about it. There was some context for him believing me because his extremely cute wonderful wife has some circulation thing with her hands and the medication she was on caused some sudden weight gain- which promptly ended the medication after two weeks.
3 comments:
I always explain in performance reviews that my talent is showing up for work unlike 99% of my colleagues. It's more of a wait game to see if they show up than a weight gain.
Excellent work snowing your boss.
That is PERFECT!!!!
Sorry to hear that and congratulations! I think that covers your blood situation!
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