The Man With The Hammer

I usually don't blog about office stuff but this.....I got to share.

Aside from my two bosses, there is only one other staff working together with me. This morning both my bosses were away for a convention in town, leaving me to man the fort until my colleague arrives later in the morning. But she called in later to say that she was still stuck in the doctor's office and would be late.

So there I was, enjoying the solitude and the liberty to do my work without being disturbed when a man came to the office door. He knocked on the glass panel and I went to see what he wanted. You see, we just moved to a new office, so contractors and suppliers are still coming around to put in the finishing touches. This guy is middle aged and he waved a delivery order at me from the other side of the glass door. He was supposed to come and fix some chairs in the meeting room. I know I always teach my kids never to open the door to strangers but I opened the door to let him in.

I showed him to the meeting room and he proceeded to repair those new chairs. After a while, he turned and asked for my boss. I told him that she was not in. His next question - "You are ALL alone then?"

I, immediately went on red alert.

The office space is not very big - just the size of one shop office. He could very well see that I was alone at that moment. I told him that my colleague has just stepped out for a while and will be back soon.

He walked towards me, his hammer swinging beside him. I tell you, he could have hammered me with it and no one would find my body until much later!

(Yeah, that was how it looked like!)


"Okay, the job's done. Sign on the D/O and give me back the last two copies".

I went back to my desk, signed the D/O and had it stamped before handing it back to him. From the corner of my eye, I could see that that his eyes were darting around. I quickly gave him back his copies and ushered him out the door!

Then only could I breathe a sigh of relief!