This morning I got the call that makes everybody tremble. “Michael, this is Major Boss. Can you come to my office right away?”
Last time I got called to her office, I had parked in a reserved parking space. She was a little irritated that building management had escalated my errant parking behavior to her level, but that was a long time ago. Surely she’s forgiven me by now?
I walk in to her office and my direct supervisor is also there. I said, “Uh oh, I must really be in trouble. I promise I’m no longer parking in the reserved parking spaces, haha.”
“Haha,” they both agree. Major Boss says, “We’ve taken your past parking behavior and your work quality and decided that we’re going to have to promote you to Principle Engineer and give you a nice raise.”
“Haha,” I say. (pause) “Oh… you’re serious. Wow, thank you very much!” They told me how much they like what I’m doing here and that they want me to know they’d like me to stay. I’m replied that I feel I really fit here and I’m enjoying my job, and if they want to haul me down here to Major Boss’s office and give me a raise and a promotion, I’d be happy to come down anytime they want.
I’m very thankful for the unexpected promotion today. There, that’s enough of tooting my own horn, I’m done now. 😀
Chasing the Wind 
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