I've Locked Myself Out of My Office

One day our HR director locked herself out of her office, with the keys inside on her desk. This had every guy in the place trying to be the local hero and get her door open for her.

She was getting rather irritated as try after try no one was successful. Eventually a locksmith was called to the scene to serve and assist. I guess he must have asked her for a can of WD 40, because a few minutes later she come rushing past me with a large can of the stuff.

Knowing her situation, and without skipping a beat, I asked her as she past me, "What are you going to do try to slip in through the key hole?

Okay, let me explain something here....I am not generally a rude person. But sometimes things come out of my mouth that as soon as they did I regret. This would be one of them. She just gave me a look and kept walking. I turned around to go on my way and came face to face with the companies President & CEO, who at this time was laughing so hard he had spewed coffee across the room. He tried so hard to control himself but just couldn't.

A little while later, the Vice-President called me to her office, she was my boss. As I entered she asked me to have a seat and preceded to explain to me that not all people found humor in my comments. Of course she was saying this while trying really hard not to laugh herself.

I stated that I was sorry that I hadn't meant it to be vicious or rude and would surely apologize to the HR director as soon as I left the Vice-Presidents office.

This is why there was so much commotion over my comment, it wasn't taken wrong by my boss or anyone within my chain of command. It was actually found to be extremely humorous, but the HR director weighted over three hundred pounds and she took huge insult in what I had said. She and I were pretty good friends, so I was surprised she had taken it so badly. I really hadn't meant it bad, but funny considering the situation. Everyone had been working well over an hour to get her office door opened and when she came walking past with that can of WD-40 it just popped into my head and right out my mouth faster then.......well, much faster then what time I gave it any thought as to how it would be received.

Moral of the story...........always think before you speak!