My boss is a bit notorious for not having great interpersonal skills with his employees. He likes to go off at them whenever he feels like it and blame is usually more important than a solution. So with that background information on to the story.
We have a major project due (actually it's nearly over now, again, and again... *sigh will it ever die). On the day before one of the final meetings with the customers my boss calls me into his office to discuss a few things that are still open. The conversation is fine until we get to the point where he says "You look a bit stressed today Jack". Quite frankly I was stunned - he'd just shown that he was capable of empathy. Thankfully before I could say much he followed it up with "So I'm worried that you wont do everything properly for tomorrow". pow A perfect knockout - this naturally didn't make me feel any better but it did confirm that the world was still spinning correctly on its axis.
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