I was asked last minute to give a quick-and-dirty presentation to about 35 executives this morning to help them kick of their meeting. I am such a nerd because one of the first things that I said was how much I loooved working at my company because everyone was fairly young, and therefore it "made things fun."
After I rolled my eyes and said, "likeomigod," I'm sure they were thrilled that I was one of their legal representatives.
My favorite break-the-ice tactic is to acknowledge my own youthful appearance. Not in the "I drink from the fountain of youth" way--more the "don't ask me if I'm alone and where my parents are" way. I did the same this morning, and as expected they all laughed. But they may have been laughing because my words were an accurate description of what they were thinking.
Posted by equilibrium-girl at June 29, 2005 06:57 PMMy boss always mimics me in jest, and then tries to speak my language. Yesterday he said, "those solenopsis are some baaaad dudes." Swing and a miss, but I appreciate the effort. Ha!
Posted by: breana at June 30, 2005 02:35 PMHey, way to impress everyone at work!!
Posted by: teahouseblossom at July 1, 2005 09:18 AM