So, my 35th anniversary at my job just happened to fall on the day of our monthly "Company Meeting" in January. It's common for someone from upper management or ownership to acknowledge folks with "Years of Service" awards at 5-year intervals. Well, the president of the company, whom I'm on very good terms with, failed to acknowledge my 35 years. Naturally, at the end of the meeting, I gave him shit about it. He quickly dug out his list of names, and there it was, my name, big as life. He apologized profusely, and said he'd get it next month.
The following month, we had our meeting, and once again, my name was omitted from the acknowledgements. And as before, I gave the man a hard time about it. Told him I'm thrice divorced, so I'm used to being ignored. Again, he apologized, and this time entered a reminder into his phone for the March meeting. Well, as luck would have it, the March meeting was cancelled, so he got a pass on that one.
The April company meeting happened this afternoon, and while the president wasn't there to lead the meeting, the VP was. He acknowledged my time, presented me with a nice award, and moved on with the meeting. Cool. After a while, he mentioned someone from one of our other divisions who he said had been with the company even longer than I had...38 years. At this point, I said that I needed to interrupt him for a spell, as I wanted to show the level of commitment that I had for the company. I walked up to the podium and asked him to read out loud what my hire date was, according to the award, which he did, to much laughter and applause...
The following month, we had our meeting, and once again, my name was omitted from the acknowledgements. And as before, I gave the man a hard time about it. Told him I'm thrice divorced, so I'm used to being ignored. Again, he apologized, and this time entered a reminder into his phone for the March meeting. Well, as luck would have it, the March meeting was cancelled, so he got a pass on that one.
The April company meeting happened this afternoon, and while the president wasn't there to lead the meeting, the VP was. He acknowledged my time, presented me with a nice award, and moved on with the meeting. Cool. After a while, he mentioned someone from one of our other divisions who he said had been with the company even longer than I had...38 years. At this point, I said that I needed to interrupt him for a spell, as I wanted to show the level of commitment that I had for the company. I walked up to the podium and asked him to read out loud what my hire date was, according to the award, which he did, to much laughter and applause...
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