There is no such thing as a free pizza

Two days ago I got an email from the boss telling me that there would be a thank you lunch today in the conference room. Evidently, the big wheels feel that the little people have gone above and beyond and free pizza is their way of expressing their appreciation. I deleted it. My future is in the past. This meant that I would have to be absent at lunch or I would be harangued to attend, with could lead to open rudeness. The last thing I want to hear is about our fine efforts toward solving what ails us as a company. At our office, like offices everywhere, 20% of the employees do 80% of the work. I don't really want any team building with the other 80%, thanks though. Especially when it is accompanied by a speech from the bosses. So, I spent this morning hiding out at new shopping center that is under construction. The problem that I have posted about recently involves a bank that is being built there. I think I have a temporary fix for the tardiness of my coworker's project. So that is good, if it works out, but I digress. I went to get a device that I use for my work from my truck and discovered that it is missing and likely has been stolen. Normally I would be furious about this, but I couldn't muster the energy. As I searched in my truck for the missing item, I was struck by the amount of crap strewn about. Some days I spend all day driving around and doing field work at construction sites, so I accumulate a lot of empty snack bags and drink cups. I used to have a garbage bag to put them in, but I accidently threw it out with the trash. It wasn't that handy anyway because it was always tipping over and stuff spilled out. Since I had time to kill, I decided that today was ditch the empties day. As I was working at gathering up all the garbage and tossing it into a construction dumpster, a friend whom I like a lot, but infrequently see, drove up. We got to talking and he was ditching work too, so we decided to get lunch. About that time I got the pizza call. Hey, where are you? We are having pizza. Should we save you some? Didn't you get the email. Hurry back, we just started "Ah, no thanks", I replied. But it really good and there's plenty. "Listen, its not an accident that I am not there." Oh. Click. So, my friend Greg and I had a nice lunch at Michas del Norte and caught up on the latest. When I got back to work, the pizza was gone and the festivities concluded, workers worked, slugs played with the props on their desks and bosses went back to fixing what ails us. Who could ask for more? Things in this blog represented to be fact, may or may not actually be true. The writer is frequently wrong and sometimes just full of it. Tag: Daily Life Personal Finance Humor