looking busy with the best of them

[janegodzilla]

As much as I complain about my job, sometimes I can't help but love it a little. A goodly number of the attorneys and staff are gone this week on account of spring break, and so things have been almost painfully slow. Seriously, none of us are getting any work done whatsoever.

The head partner's solution to this? Throw a party! At 3:30 in the afternoon! With sushi and alcohol and cake! He doesn't need a reason why. It's his goddamn firm, that's why! It's spring and it's a Wednesday and he wants some fucking cake and sushi!

I wish I could say I was paraphrasing, but I'm really not. My boss is a crazy man.

It should be noted that the only reason we're waiting until 3:30 is because the office manager objected to the idea of alcohol at 3:00. We don't actually close until 5:30, so I'm all kinds of amused by this. I'm not crazy about sushi, but I am all about the idea of booze and cake, so today is definitely shaping up to be a good one. Also, this cracked me up:

One of the associates comes by my desk with a box of documents for a case he absolutely hates.

Associate: When you have a chance, could you binder these up for me?
Me: Sure! I'll get right on it!
Associate: Well, I mean, if you're already busy with stuff then there's no rush...
Me: Dude, I have nothing else to work on. It's cool.
Associate: No, it's just. The sooner you binder them up, the sooner I have to, you know...look at them.
Me: Ah. Gotcha.
Associate: So! *rubs hands together* This is a project that will take you a while, then!
Me: Absolutely.
Associate: Perfect.