Your Life and Business

Ruth and Emily were sitting in a restaurant located not far from their office. They were studying the menu while waiting for Peter, their colleague. It was lunch time. “Do you have Aspirin? I have a slight headache,” Emily asked Ruth.

“She said I’m not friendly,” Sam whined, entering the office. He checked his watch and added slowly, trying to sound relaxed: “Something has made me hungry.” “Who said WHAT?” Emily asked quickly, sipping her coffee.

Mike was sitting beside the window looking at the ocean and enjoying his breakfast of fried eggs with ham and bagel. It was his third day on holiday in Southern California . Great weather, fantastic food, and an excellent hotel made him happy.

Good news travels fast but bad news travels faster. It was a day after Peter had sent an email to his colleagues in which he had informed them about his divorce and Peter had taken the day off.

A strange atmosphere of tension pervaded in the office although Peter was alone there. Maybe it was because of the weather, he thought, as it had been a muggy day. He looked through the window – the dark grey clouds were moving closer and closer with every minute. Suddenly   lightning flashed through the sky. Some seconds later a loud clap followed. Peter turned away and checked his watch – it was late.

It was some time ago when I wrote the last episode about a “virtual” company and its team: John (team leader), Ruth (his deputy), Emily (John’s personal assistant), Mike, Sam, and Peter (team members), Ron (senior manager), Helen (HR manager). My blog is going on – enjoy reading it: The door opened and Mike came into a small conference room. His colleagues, Emily, Peter, and Sam greeted him cheerfully.