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We’ve been inundated with meetings at work lately. The project I’ve been currently assigned has taken up all of my time, languishing my life away around a table with my co-workers. If it works out, it will turn a $12 million per year deficit into a $3 million per year profit.
One is hopeful.
But that’s not what this installment of my post is about.
During a break from one of the many thus said meetings, I ran into Neil (aka - [Pigman]) from our IT department. Neil is a colorful character, and always ready with a funny story about something that happened here at work.
The story he laid out on me was astounding.
About 2 years ago, the company began spending some serious money cleaning the place up. New carpets, furniture, paint, etc. No corner was left untouched.
Derrick worked here back then as an engineer.
Apparently, the fantastic job our facilities department did on the bathrooms really impressed Derrick. New countertops, clean tiles, fresh paint on the walls, and a new bead of caulk around each urinal.
Rapture….
While Derrick was a quiet man who usually stayed to himself, the beauty of the men’s room was just too much for him. As he stood in front of a gleaming urinal, taking in the splendor of it all, he suddenly turned to the man using the urinal next to him and said…
“I love the smell of caulk”
The other man refused to acknowledge Derrick, which was probably good, because he stood there in shock at what just came out of his mouth (for those of you who don’t know the CORRECT pronunciation of caulk, it’s ‘kok according to [Webster’s Online Dictionary]. Derrick did, of course, know and use the correct pronunciation.
This story had me laughing hard. In fact, when I went back to my meeting, I was still giggling. When the group asked what was so funny, I told them the story of Derrick.
One of the people in the room immediately confirmed the story as true, because he’s Derrick’s older brother (the one he ran to right after he left the bathroom).
Sometimes life is way funnier than fiction.