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You have a 2 O'clock with John

2018
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Christi was the secretary for the Director in that office, and she managed the calendar for the director. One day, the director asked Christi who John was that on her schedule that afternoon. Christi said she didn't know. Tracy (the director) was convinced that Christi had put the appointment on her calendar. Christi told her that Tracy had probably just put in a fake appointment to block off that space on her calendar (which had been a prior practice). Tracy was convinced that Christi knew who John was and that he was a real person that was going to come in that day at 2. I was watching & listening to all the interaction. When Tracy left the office for a minute, I went over to Christi's desk and suggested that we find a "John" to be Tracy's appointment. So around 2 PM, I started stalking the main hallway. Finally, a random man walked by who had been in the office building meeting with someone else. I asked him if he would mind helping us out, and explained the situation. He laughed and said sure. So I went back and sat down at my desk. He waited a few minutes, and then came in. Christi, as she normally did, said, "May I help you?" He said, "Yes, my name is John and I'm here for my appointment with Tracy. I'm sorry that I'm a few minutes late." Christi went into Tracy's office and told her that John was here to see her. Tracy came out and said hello. John shook her hand and said hello. Tracy asked what they were meeting about. John said "I don't know, you had called the meeting and invited me over." Tracy was completely confused, and at this point Christi and I couldn't hold in our laughs anymore! It was so funny!! The man played it off so well. We all had a really good laugh over that one.

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