20 THINGS I WILL MISS ABOUT MY BOSS WHO RETIRES TOMORROW
1. The way she looks at me when I am being an impatient
asshole wanker, with amusement and pity. She was very good at humouring me.
2. Her constant willingness to fatten me up while she
sticks to her sensible eating plan.
3. The fruity scones she brings me!
4. Making her tea with lots of milk, no sugar, Barb Style!
5. Her confessions of cookie eating at home,
witness
free, when she could have taken the secret to the grave.
6. Commiserating about food and fatness, justifying each
other’s existence.
7. The noise she makes when she talks about cooking
dinner and eating…like a hungry but cute rodent.
8. The daily updates about her family trials and
tribulations.
9. The look of love on her face when she talks about her
mom, it is a love we should all have for our mother’s but rarely do.
10. Gus & Belle Doggy Shenanigans…Who has the trots?
A hot spot? Who peed 4x in the night? Who threw up on a walk?
11. Gossip sessions about work.
12. Rides home…and when I forget my phone at work she
turns around and drives me back without even grimacing.
13. Kindness, generosity, friendship and laughs….so much goodness!
14. When she gets riled up and does the UK version of the
bird, sticking 2 fingers up in the air…HA!
15. Hearing about the constant comparisons between myself
and her husband Kim…cranky, no-nonsense cynics.
16. Her buffer of protection at work between us and the
powers that be that rarely held our interests in the same light as Barb did.
17. Performance Reviews that always lacked the negative
bits.
18. Our shared joy in watching YouTube videos of people wiping out or getting scared.
19. Her willingness to sign off on anything we
needed
around the office.
20. Her daily smiling, friendly face, even though it
would annoy me on my cranky days – I will still miss it because she is the only
person around here that means it – genuinely.
Congrats on your retirement Barb - XO