Just another day at the office

This is how the conversation sounded;

My Boss- "Sandi, it has to be a fluid motion, no stopping. keep going until it feels stiff and then give it a tug"

Sandi- "I didn't stop but it still isn't getting stiff."

My Boss- " Then you're doing it wrong. Start again. Rotate it a bunch of times without stopping. When it gets close, it will start to stiffen up and then you'll know its time to tug"

Sandi- " How many times to the left?"

My Boss- " Damn Sandi just tug it hard and see what happens"

Sandi - " Stop pressuring me! I'm telling you no matter how fast I do it, I don't feel it getting stiff and I tugged it hard and nothing. It's a piece of shit that doesn't work, It's going to break!"

My Boss - " It's not a piece of shit Sandi, you just don't know how to work it. Its high quality and its not going to break. Do I need to do it for you"

Sandi- "No, you do not need to do it for me. I think I'm quite capable of tugging it. Maybe it's you thats got it wrong"

My Boss - "I tug it all the time and it works just fine"

Sandi- "Its not my job to know how it works. I'm doing you a favor remember?"

My Boss- "Some favor. You're going in the wrong direction, you can't get it stiff and you're obviously not tugging it right. Do I have to come?"

Sandi- " I don't want you to come. Let me just play with it for awhile"


Meanwhile, a small group of co-workers had gathered around my office door, listening to this banter and laughing. I turned around and then it hit me why they were laughing so hard. Here is what THEY saw...

I'm sitting on the floor in my office in front of the floor safe. One hand is on the phone talking to my boss who was home sick today and my other hand is turning the knobs on the safe, trying to get it open.