2/25/2008

the mystery form of Brussels

imagine that:
You're at work, you mind your own business, typing peacefully. The dull work makes you a bit unnerved but other than that nothing happens. Then, the telephone rings. It's your boss.
He asks if you could do him the favor of finding something online.
"Just google "form" and "brussels", and you'll find the form I need. if you have it could you fax it to the bank. I'm at the _insert bank name here_, just fax the form through."

That's what happened to me today. Does my boss seriously think that if I type in those things I will find him a form that is called A4 and provided by some part of the way to bueaucratized EU by googling brussels and form? Does he seriously think that I KNOW what he is talking about when he says, "you know the one form that Prof. _insert name here_ said was at the homepage of Brussles"
Brussels obviously is his synonym for EU.
I'm talking about my boss, who has worked his ass off all his life to be where he is now, a rich and ignorant white guy who can make everything happen to his favor, because he knows the right people.
But seriously, seriously! What was he thinking with that one?
Later he described the form to me (reading, was he holding it in his hands I wonder?) "This says, form A4 and on the bottom of the page it is marked 101".
WTF???

I still don't know which form they actually needed there at the bank.

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