Day of the Fool

First time? Start here. Read "The Primer" and follow the link at the end. Chronological order makes more sense for the stories.

In honor of this day I'm gonna look back on a past April Fool's Day here at the office. Oh, and what about that whole lead-up from my last post? Technically this isn't the 250th Angry Time post cuz I have tossed in a few cheap fill-ins to compensate for being lazy and, more importantly, this "big thing" that is happening is a while coming still. So let's pretend I never posted that so I can get back to writing more stuff for you guys to read.

I remember the day quite vividly. I came into the office on time, Female Boss was already there. In fact, she was in the kitchen making a pot of coffee. The faithful among you are finding this odd cuz A) Female Boss is rarely ever there before me and B) she probably hasn't had coffee in a few years. Indeed, this was probably my first or second April Fool's Day at the office. Times were different, but Female Boss was just as dumb.

I came into the place, told her good morning and headed to my desk to start working. Female Boss came in a few minutes later. She stood in the doorway of the office till I felt her staring at me. I glance over, see her standing there, and get back to what I'm doing.

"Hey, Northe."

"Yeah," I answer.

"I have some bad news. My mother is really sick."

Time for the employee to pretend like he gives a shit, "Oh crap, is she okay?"

"Well, not really. I think I might have to go see her."

"Ok. No problem," I tell her.

"Like soon. She's not really holding up so well. I am kind of worried," she says.

"Ok, don't worry about it."

"Well, I probably will leave today."

"Ok..."

"Like this morning, like in an hour I have to be at the airport."

"Do you need a ride?" I ask her hoping the answer is yes so I can go grab lunch downtown after I drop her off.

"Well, I should just go now."

"Ok," I answer for the 50th time.

"Northe, I'm kidding! Its April Fool's Day!"

I give out a fake laugh and tell her, "Ha, you got me."

She is laughing pretty hard and heads back into the kitchen to get her coffee. The sad thing is that Female Boss thought that she got one over on me. As if when she starts to talk about an ill relative of hers, "not really holding up so well," I am going to call bullshit on her and tell her to stop fucking around. It really speaks to how insulting what she thinks a sense of humor is and was also a great indicator of what to expect of her as a person. All in all tho, I definitely learned something.. Female Boss taught me that joking about a parent potentially dying is never old hat.