My employer finally called me the other day. But not to ask how I’m doing or if I’m ok. Rather they called to ask why they haven’t gotten their big wad of forms back yet. Half of them anyway, I sent back the first half already. I said I had delivered them to the doctor but I really didn’t have any control over when the doctor would forward them on. Then I decided to call the doctor and see for myself. The office person told me the “wad” was “sitting in his inbox” and as soon as he got around to it he would sign them. I inquired when that might be. She replied with a cheery voice that she did not know because the doctor had been in surgery saving lives for a few days. I thought this was an excellent answer and I wanted to call “Brad” at my place of employment and give him the same answer. He said he was “doing me a favor” as it is because my wad of forms was overdue by 2 days. Well I wanted to tell Brad something that is totally unprintable here, but I didn’t.

Note to my employer: try a little compassion…it works better than intimidation.