Well that throws a wrench in the day
When the alarm went off at 6:30am, I found myself hardly able to face the dark morning.
The Feline had spent the night making sure that neither Girl Human nor Good Man got much in the way of sleep. And by looking at the calendar, I saw a busy day ahead with some tough conversations and a crushing list of action items.
But I did what I do. I dragged my ass out of bed, threw on some clothes, brushed my teeth and went to work.
The day started with an early, unfriendly call with EMEA.
As I listened to my BossMan ream out a supplier, a message from our company’s internal chat system popped up.
My employee in Costa Rica. She’s been fighting a lot of dragons in the Latin American region and I really didn’t want to open her message. More trouble, I was sure of it. Something I didn’t want to deal with. Another shouting Vice President, perhaps?
“Karen, we just had a 7.6 earthquake. The building is damaged. I got out of here first but it was really scary!”
Oh. Crap.
She’s ok, which was my first question. Then I asked about her husband, sister and mom. They are all safe too.
She just kept saying “that was really scary.”
I can only imagine.
And so…that’s not *quite* what I had on the agenda for today, but it sure as heck cleared my calendar.
Is this what they mean in business and management classes about staying flexible?
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Side note: Thankfully one thing my company does really well is business disaster recovery. The team is already all over it.
Random brain thought: The Spanish word for earthquake, temblor, is such a great word. Very onomatopoeia-ish.
Final thought: Keeping CR and all the Ticos in my thoughts. Oraciones para Costa Rica y todos los Ticos.
Comments
Natalie
As a manager, I never really know… Come what may. I’ll never forget the Saturday morning (working for B&N) when a bookseller called me and said, “A customer needs to speak with you.” The customer then told me, “There’s a naked lady covered in feces in the women’s restroom.”
Huh. Yeah. Um, didn’t expect that.
I’m so glad to hear no one is hurt and they got out ok. Scary. Made even scarier by the fact that they are so far away.
Good thoughts for all….
Karen Fayeth
Natlie – Oh. Dear. God. There is no paycheck in the world large enough to deal with that.
So glad you don’t work there anymore.