What next?

As I am walking through the office next to mine a co-worker asks me what I think of "the news". Since I have no earthly idea of what he is talking about, I ask. He tells me that everyone is getting a pay cut of 3%. Since the guy is constantly joking around, I don't believe him & go on my way.

The next time I pass through his way, he is talking with someone else ... about this pay cut thing.

UH OH

This second co-worker says the pay cut is 5%.

UH OH

They refer to a memo they received yesterday afternoon that announced a company-wide pay cut.

Guess who didn't get the memo?

The very last person I talked before leaving the office yesterday was the VICE PRESIDENT of the company. If there was going to a rather monumental memo released, ya think she could have given me some sort of heads up???

I finally saw a copy of the memo from someone else. At the end of the day, still memo-less, I sent an email to the VP & the HR lady that read:

Ummmm, apparently you have a memo for me?

I have never seen a place where people talk all the time but fail to communicate.