The Lockhorns by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner for July 16, 2024

Cake Is Promotion

(While I love my job, it is very stressful and I couldn’t imagine being a manager or the theatre rep. My manager often threatens to promote me in a joking manner, which always gets a few laughs.)

Manager: “I don’t know what I want. Either coffee or food.”

Coworker: “Go for the caffeine, man.”

Manager: “Yeah, but I’m really hungry and only have time to grab one. So it’s either coffee or food. Maybe cake.”

Me: “Why not a—” pauses for effect “—coffee cake?”

Manager: through laughter “That’s IT! Promote her!”

just giv’im the fax, man

Someone Leroy trained? That was a serious problem regarding women office workers in the ’60’s and ’70’s.

Tag me in the Facebook post so I can give it the thumbs down.

Snail Mail

I would advise by fax, less risk of damaging his cell phone when he gets the news.

Sounds about right. No one in upper management anymore has the spine to tell you to your face.

Be creative, all the above…..

“Straight up. Tell me. Did I get the promotion? Oh, oh, oh!”

There’s no good way to get bad news.

Let him read it in the company newsletter.

Sounds like he’s giving him the news right now.

Today it’s all e-mail. No personal interaction, same form letter to everyone, to protect themselves from lawsuits.

Tell him to call Loretta and tell he will get an earfull