Do you remember the Winnie the Pooh story about when Piglet Meets a Heffalump. It is so funny. Poor Piglet gets so flustered that he begins rambling incoherently.
“Help, help!” cried Piglet, “a Heffalump, a Horrible Heffalump!” and he scampered off as hard as he could, still crying out, “Help, help, a Herrible Hoffalump! Hoff, Hoff, a Hellible Horralump! Holl, Holl, a Hoffable Hellerump!” And he didn’t stop crying and scampering until he got to Christopher Robin’s house.
It is such a fantastic read. I thought of the story today. Here’s why it came to mind:
I arrived at the office before 8 am. Although my desk may get cluttered during my work-day, I habitually put everything away neatly into folders and file it all away. So at first glance, things were calm at work.
And then I opened up my email. Yikes! 78 emails awaited me. Most of them demanded some action on my part. I have no idea why my being out of the office for 1 day resulted in such a huge backlog of emails. It was 10 am by the time I finished going through them and had several printed for closer reading, and others flagged for further action on my part.
“Help, help!” cried Julie, “a Backup, a Borrible BMail Backup!”
Several hours later she was still crying out, “Help, help…”
She continued with her Piglet-like rambling well into the day. And as she continued, the people affected by the layoffs said their good-byes one by one.
“Oh, dear. Oh, dear, dear, dear”
“I need a run”
“Oh, stink. I can’t run; it’s a rest day, and besides there is too much to do.”
I don’t know how I am ever going to survive this new role at work.
“Help, Help!”
and “Oh, bother!” (No. – Sorry, *that’s* Eeyore’s line)
So you got a new job and are not getting laid off? I must have missed that but congratulations. It sounds like it might bring you peace of mind on one side and a flurry of heffalump sightings on the other!
LOL! I know your pain. Can’t wait to run tomorrow!