My Killer Memo

I just came out of a 15 minutes conference call. In shock.

The secretary was in shock too when she saw me out so soon. The call is supposed to be for 1.5 hours. She has spent a total of 48 hrs trying to get everyone on that call. My boss and I had spent months working on the issue to be discussed in the call. We spent weeks arguing against it. We spent whole of last week strategizing how to get everyone to see what a stupid idea it is. And I didn’t sleep for 2 nights because I had to draft an argumentative memo summarizing the issue and why it should be killed. The memo was sent out last evening so that everyone is prepared for the call.

On the call just now, the first thing everyone did was to wish me happy birthday (haha! they remembered!). They then said they have read my memo, they agree with it and will put the issue to rest. Period. The issue was finished in 2 minutes.

Murdered by my killer memo. MWAHAHAHHA!

Is it birthday luck? I told my boss yesterday if the issue gets resolved in today’s call, I’m going on holiday. She said hell will freeze over first before this issue is resolved anytime within this decade. I went to her office after the call and found her with her hands in the air and praising Yahweh/Allah/Jesus/Harikrishna/Buddha (she said a few more, I can’t remember) out loud.

So, I am going on holiday tomorrow. What will I be doing? I will stay in bed ALL DAY nursing a hangover and watching Korean drama. It’s gonna be a great birthday! :)