I'm up early today, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. I guess that's better than DIHL-eyed! My $%&*^# fire alarm went off at 4:49 this morning. It woke me up from a catatonic sleep and I felt that adrenaline drip down my spine as I blindly scanned the hallways for smoke. All was well, but I only had another 20 minutes to sleep. What's the point?
Anyway, I had a 15 hour day yesterday that started with a teleconference at 7 a.m. and ended with a practice management meeting at one of the physician practices last night [practice management was COOL and I want to learn more about that.] I discovered the Starbucks cart in the cafeteria; that latte fueled me for hours!
A few funny things happened that cracked me up. First, the COO spoke at a community function at lunch. I was supposed to have attended, but the secretary forgot to register me! Talking with the COO about it afterward, I cracked up when I saw the plaque they presented him. It said his title was EV/OO. It should have been EVP/COO (Exec V.P and Chief Operating Officer). Anyone who watches any kind of Food Network programming knows that EV/OO stands for "Extra-Virgin Olive Oil!"
The second funny (okay, mortifying) thing that happened occured during a VIDEO conference with the corporate office. I actually DOZED OFF on camera, while someone on my side was talking (meaning the camera was pointed AT me, revealing my every facial expression to everyone on that call)! I felt my chin hit my chest and dramatically JOLTED awake. Soon after, the conference organizer suggested that the crew at St. Fozzie's go get some java. Whoops. My bad!
The third funny thing happened in the practice management meeting. One of the agenda items was the company's policy on Short-Term Disability. Since they abbreviate this "STD" and didn't include an explanation of the acronym, all of the physicians thought we were actually talking about STD's. The discussion that ensued quickly became awkward as they realized I was (yet again) the only woman in the Board room. I take that back, one other woman was there for five minutes and left as soon as she gave her financial report. I think they're starting to accept me...especially because I can rightly call one of my bosses "EVOO" to his face.
EVOO? Do I sense he has not been pressed to many times? Does this represent that he may be innocent? That is funny. So what was the outcome of the STD. Everything come back clean? Did you get an STD when you fell asleep in your meeting?
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