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What Did You Call Me For?
I’m an in-house graphic designer/marketing director for a small
business. I do most of my work from home, so it stands to reason that
there needs to be a fair amount of telephone correspondence between my
boss and myself. It isn’t the number of calls from him that bother me,
but rather, their lack of relevance. A typical call from him plays out
like this one, which I received just a few minutes ago:
(phone rings)
Me: Hello?
Boss: Hey.
Me: Hi.
Boss: What’s up?
Me: I don’t know, you called me.
Boss: Yeah. Did you get my email yesterday?
Me: Which email? I received several from you yesterday.
Boss: Uh… I don’t know. I’d have to look at the draft.
Me. (silent)
Boss: What the hell did I call you for?
Me: I’m really not sure.
Boss: Ok. Bye.
13 Comments to What Did You Call Me For?
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If I had to venture a guess, I would say your boss is high as a kite when he is calling you. But you are lucky you get to work from home, so I would take that trade off any day.
This one was pretty good.
1) are you female ? 2) is your boss male ?
That should sum it up.
Just do what my husband (another freelancer) does. Charge them for the phone call.
This is what annoys me about most cell phone calls. They are not conversations, they are just killing time. And most likely, the person on the other end has work to do.
Hehe, I used to work with a guy like that! Regular statements used to include “Roo, have I had a cup of coffee yet this morning?” It was the inevitable “Roo, have I been to the toilet this morning or not? I can’t remember.” When I knew that all hope for him was entirely lost. His contract wasn’t renewed when it expired… He wasn’t a bad person – just an utter muppet!
You don’t work for an IBM Business Partner, do you? Because if so, we worked for the same person. And yes, he IS high as a kite most of the time.
My suggestion: get into the office more frequently. He is probably just checking that you are at your desk and working. Out of sight is out of mind.
I have to side with “big deal”.
some bosses will call just to give you the opportunity to ask a question you might have had but have been too intimidated to call about yourself. Even if they have nothing to say, they want to just express the lines of communication are open.
Sounds like your boss is making sure you’re actually at home and not out fucking around on his time.
I bet you’ve got a reputation for that.
Naaah, ignore Kay and Big Deal, this is a funny story.
If I had the opportunity to work from home and the only downside was the occasional pointless phone call from my boss, I’d jump at it.
@ChaKnowWhat?
Shut up, you Twit.