I was in a Teams meeting with a senior person from one of the top fashion houses who was doing a presentation on new fragrances. We had to keep mics and cameras on so we could ask questions. My dog suddenly leapt into the room. The noise of his claws on the floor was picked up on the mic and I became the big centre screen picture on Teams, just in time for everyone to see him jump into the video frame and smack me on the side of my head with a rubber snake. I was mortified, others were sniggering and the posh lady just had a "WTF is happening?" expression
In a strategic meeting one morning, l was asked about my departments workload. I said, we have a problem, before l finished, the head of HR, " it not a problem, its an opportunity" l replied. This opportunity l have has now become a problem, HR woman walked out. I moved from there to GED at Catapillar, on my first day l was asked to attend a strategy meeting with the American boss of GED. At the end, l was asked what l thought of the plan. I said, the first thing that goes wrong with the plan, is the plan itself. You could of heard a pin drop.
When I was working in a pharmacy in Hove, Fat Boy Slim came in with a prescription for indigestion mixture. When i handed it over to him, I said "got a bit of acid on your stomach". he just smiled.
