January 30, 2008
Objection!
Today saw a strong showing in the ever-present attempt of my sub-conscious to inadvertently get myself fired. I single-handedly built an immaculate case against myself, completely ignorant of what I was doing at the time. The case is as follows:
Exhibit A: Caleb recalls the ordeal:
This afternoon, I was trying to launch an e-mail campaign that had been on hold because of various technical issues. The issues were finally ironed out, and we got approval from the client to send it out. Matthew S___, the account manager for this particular client was pulled into a meeting right after approval, but he said that he’d have his laptop with him, so he could check it and give the final thumbs up after I had it all tested and approved on my end.
Let the record show that Caleb had absolutely no idea what the meeting was regarding, who was involved, &c, &c.
A little while later, everything was set to launch the campaign save for Matthew’s final go-ahead, so I sent him an IM letting him know it was ready.
About 90 seconds later, he stepped out of the meeting, and walked very purposefully my direction with an expression that I couldn’t quite read. He leaned over my desk and chillingly said, “Dude… my computer was hooked up to the projector, so that popped up on the screen… and those are Jewish clients in there.”
Exhibit B: Transcript of the IM that Caleb sent Matthew:
Caleb: Hey, have you looked at the final tests yet?
Stuart signed off on them
And so did Jesus Christ himself
…
Yeah, that last part was a lie
The Prosecution rests.
hahahaha
caleb–you make me smile.
that’s why I picked you as my brother.
!!!!
dude.
outrageous.
Could’ve been worse. You could’ve said “… and so did Adolf Hitler himself along with an Egyptian pyramid builder and a 1940′s fraternity.”
Unbelievable. Haha! Well at least you always have fuor to fall back on.
Oh, crap! What did they do?
BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t stop laughing about that. Glad I’m not the only one with a completely awkward client story like that. Everyone wants a piece of the jewish foundation for great dallas…
Seeing as most Jews do not believe Jesus to be the messiah or in his divinity, I don’t see this incident as a serious social faux pas.
Maybe they were Messianic. In that case, you’re a friggin gentile. Gentiles = douchebags. Either way it probably did not matter.
Look on the bright side. You did not have a Tobias moment. I am pretty sure if you said something like “I can just taste those meaty leading man parts in my mouth” or “please join my team of analrapists” [ah-nowl-ruh-pist] the result would have been more definite. In fact, I am self-employed and I just fired my self.
All I have to say is “GWEEETINGS FROM GWATIMALA.” Right Scott?