[via bleedinghearth] "𝚂𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗'𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚞𝚜? 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝚂𝙷! 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛. 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚎." (Pick one. I know we discussed a lot of options but Pick One.)
@bleedinghearth / plotted.
Micromanagers were a migraine. Their suits came built with a shrill little voice-box that his hat couldn’t quite muffle. They also happened to be small enough that it was practically inevitable to lose sight of the little busybodies, and if you lost sight of them, they could crawl right up onto your shoulder and get directly into your business. All that obnoxious, high-pitched meddling… right in his ear. Even thinking about it was annoying him.And they came through his office every day.
The macromanager? Maybe once a month.
And he knew the value of peace AND quiet, in spite of his size.
Today, though? After how HIS morning went? Chip would rather a swarm of those itsy-bitsy bossy cogs were in his office instead.
“Mrngh…” He grunted as he lifted his head from the table. Glancing up, the desk groaned his dismay for him as the manager deflated upon seeing all of that paperwork. In lieu of a nose (or a forehead, for that matter), Chip pinched the saw-tooth between his eyes. Not that a nose would’ve mattered. The static in his memory processor's been buzzing since on-boarding. No massages, no repairs, and no breaks were going to fix that.
He sighed, rubbing out a piece of dried frosting between his fingers as he looked towards the door.
“... I know,” he grumbled at last, adjusting his posture in a half-hearted attempt to hide the red light flickering from his chest, “Believe me, Mr. Rammshead, with the amount of time I’ve spent just filing property damage claims this month, I’d sooner be fired than not know.”
He’d have to file one for suit damages today at some point. If there was enough ‘today’ between all of the sleuthing he was going to have to do to figure out exactly how many employees were terminated within the past…
Chip looked at the clock.
… 2 hours that he’d been out for.
"Your guess is as good as mine. Would you like to set up a meeting for later today? You caught me at a bad time, I'm afraid."