Senior Team meeting?

Ok Chris (work Chris, not brother Chris!) - this one's for you.

We have a 'saying' in our senior team, that if you somehow pick up a job from someone else, or better yet they give you a job to do which isn't really yours to do (and is probably a bit of a 'stinker' in terms of it being time demanding or requiring a modicum of ICT expertise) then you have been "PASSED A MONKEY".

One or two of our number (well, one in particular) is, we think, a VISUAL LEARNER and does not get the concept of monkeys in their metaphorical sense. Therefore if we had a real monkey we could pass it over to the person who had most recently received a metaphorical monkey.

ARE YOU CONFUSED YET. This is what its like working with our SMT (fun...yep.....no honestly it is - some days the job can be pretty grim and its made better by the sense of humour these guys have)

It was decided last week that a monkey would be purchased, but due to problems with supply, we were unable to procure one. SO, after what can only be described as a mediocre day with elements of sheer crappiness, I volunteered to go on a Monkey hunt this evening (on the basis that I could go do some retail therapy at the same time, which I did- lots of perfume and pampering stuff which I am shortly going to indulge myself with in the bathroom...........yay............"me" time!)

Anyway, Toys'R' US came through and I bought these three beasties (one of which has a baby attached and he is MINE!). I also bought 3 'desk top monkeys' - i.e. little animal figures for other esteemed colleagues who are in on the joke, such as it is.

I'm thinking that maybe we should wear them round our necks in briefing tomorrow morning?????

PS - MUM - GET WELL SOON - SHINGLES IS NASTY - DOES THAT MEAN YOU CAN'T TRAVEL OVER NEXT WEEK?