cinematic - 2020-07-11

I was at work, working on a new project. It was originally Sam's project, but he left for a different job, so he passed the project on to me. He said he'd send me his file in progress.

We all had new work laptops. Midway through the day, I realized that I hadn't been keeping my log all day, so I went to open the file. That's when I discovered the new laptops didn't have notepad. Instead, they had a different plain-text editor that was designed for racecar drivers. Since notepad files were in a proprietary Microsoft format, I couldn't access my log at all.

(Also, for some reason, we were all in a living-room-like area. I was sitting on a bar stool at the bar, while others were sitting on a couch, with their laptop cords plugged into various wall sockets.)

While I was still trying to figure out the notepad/racecar issue, my boss came up and asked, "What are you working on?" I told her. She said that Sam was already working on that project. I explained that Sam had given the project to me but, it was true, he said was going to send me his existing work, and he hadn't sent it yet and I hadn't followed up, sorry, I would get right on that.

My boss asked what the project was about, and I completely blanked. (Looking like a slacker who hadn't done any work that day and didn't even know what the project was about. But I had done work! I'd made good progress! Even if I was possibly just duplicating Sam's work!) I started scrolling through my own file to remind myself, but before I could get out a coherent explanation, my boss left.

I followed her to the kitchen, where she started washing the dishes. I tried explaining the project to her, but she couldn't hear me with her dishwashing headset on. So instead I just stood there drying the dishes after she washed them.

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