Christmas Fruits

I’m one of those fortunate people who have a really great boss. I mean the guy literally remembers’ everyone’s birthdays! He knows if someone’s mother is sick and will ask about her health. He’ll know who just had a baby and ask how the wife is doing. He works us to the bone, but the work gets done because he has such a great attitude with us.

I think the formula behind it is simple. As long as our boss is happy and confident in us, we feel like everything is going great. So this Christmas is beginning to look like a real bummer at work. My boss is not well. He had surgery and although he’s back in the office, the surgery, medicine and drugs have made him down right miserable. We all can’t wait for him to get back to his jolly old self. It’s a bit funny you know; everyday someone will go in and try to cheer him up. We’ve brought him about five Christmas fruit baskets so far. When he yells at us and tells us to get back to work, we don’t mind. He’s been a great boss all these years, what’s a little crankiness? He’ll get back in to the Christmas spirit soon. He usually starts the secret Santa thing. He loves buying and receiving Christmas gifts, so his mood is going to get better as December progresses.

So far the number of people who have been thrown out of his office is six; I’m going tomorrow with a few Christmas gifts for him from the whole office. I mean it’s just a little post surgery misery, and Christmas holiday gifts can cure that. One of the unique Christmas gifts I’ll be taking for him tomorrow is a fruit bouquet. About five of us pitched in to buy it for our boss and I know it’ll really improve his mood. Surgery or no surgery, fresh fruit with chocolate sauce can melt anyone.