Office Nightmare, part II

This is part II of the post "Office Nightmare", posted on April 26.

So, smart, funny Brigitte decides to take this crazy picture and send it to her colleague whom she regularly harasses with complaints about the maintenance of her office spaces. You know, to cheer him up a bit.

She types an alarming message, saying "We have mice infestation, here's a picture, you must act quickly!" and she attaches the picture. She then cc's most of her co-workers on the floor because she truly believes they need more humor in their lives. That includes her boss.

Then she realizes her boss is away in training and her Blackberry cannot open the picture attached. So about 5 minutes after sending the initial message, she emails her boss, saying: "Disregard prior message, it's just a joke."

Next morning, she sees her boss' reply: "I did not find it funny. I'll explain." Brigitte's face falls, as she start to wonder what kind of blunder she has now committed.

Here's what happened. As Murphy would have it, even though she was in training, her boss opened that message right away. Furious at yet another problem with their office spaces, she passed her Blackberry to her left neighbour, who would happen to be the very top guy in charge of maintenance. We're talking high director levels. They both get pumped up and by the time she gets my next message, telling her it's a joke, they are up in arms and ready to leave the class to take action.

My boss did not find it funny. The director of administrative services even less.

In the end, I think it's even funnier than I expected. But boy, will I be more carefull next time!