A Little Work Comedy

Sometimes my life just feels like a giant humiliating sitcom. Great for laughs. Too bad they're at my own expense.

But just in case you need a chuckle to get you through the day, I have a couple for you.

The first happened last week. I was just about to leave for lunch when the phone rang. (Isn't that how it always goes?) I answered, and the caller was the father of an incoming student. He had a couple of questions for me, but one of them really needed to be directed to another office. So after I answered what I knew, I prepared to transfer his call.

And here, my dear friends, is what came flying out of my mouth before I hit the transfer button:

Hold on just a secs.

(Say that out loud if you didn't get the full effect.)

A proud moment indeed.

And that reminds me of one of my favorites from a couple of years ago.

I was meeting with a prospective student and his whole family, and normally when I meet with entire families, we meet in the office conference room, because my office is just too small to handle more than 2 visitors at once. But that day the conference room was in use, so we crammed in my office.

It was one of the very first days of spring, and I was so excited for the warmer weather that I'd worn a little knee length sundress to work.

How to say this semi-tastefully...um...well, until the family came in, I'd been sitting (of course) with my legs hidden under my desk. As a result, I'd not noticed that I apparently had not done the most thorough leg shaving of my leg shaving career. This unfortunate discovery was made only when sitting with my back to the desk and my legs right out there in full view of the family packed into my office.

I was doing my very best to yank that dress down as far as I could...discreetly of course...as I explained the ins and outs of the aid process.

Right about the time I got to the section of my talk that centered around loans, here's what I heard the Dad blurt out: Great legs.

Excuse me????

He repeated "Great Lakes."

The loan company, yes!!! Too bad I didn't figure that out before all the color drained from my face!!

Don't you people wish you worked with me??