Boss Crap

We had a department meeting yesterday. In the middle of the meeting someone from Human Resources interrupts to tell the boss that he has an emergency. He immediately stops the meeting because he has to leave. The weird thing is that he constantly halts or interrupts meetings to answer his cell phone. So why didn't this call come to his cell phone like all the others instead of going through HR? It doesn't make sense.

To preface this, he stated first thing Monday morning that both he and his wife blew out their knees on Thursday and since it was the Thanksgiving holiday, they did not seek medical help. But their holiday weekend was ruined because of it. So we assumed this emergency was something with the wife.

This morning the boss shows up with a cane. He limps occasionally, sometimes he picks up the cane and walks normally. He explains that his emergency yesterday was with his wife. She was in so much pain that she needed immediate medical assistance for the knee she blew out 5 days earlier. He goes on to explain that while he was in the ER, the doc noticed his limp and diagnosed him as having something he called weak knee and thus the cane today.

In all my years working in health care, this is the first time I've ever heard of a doctor examining and diagnosing someone who was not a patient at the time. Amazing luck. He also says he has a follow-up appointment tomorrow. Funny coincidence is that the doctor appointment was on his calendar Monday morning before the emergency call from HR.

Hmmm. I bet the limp is gone within a day or two.