Do you want the good news or the bad news?

Moon Monkey called one of his Starbucks meetings again today. An email went round at about 9.30am telling everyone to put in their order and rendezvous at 12pm. As the email pinged up in in-boxes around the office you could hear a collective groan go up. It’s not that no one appreciates a free panini and latte, of course we do, it’s just that there’s a time and a place and 12pm in Starbucks on a Monday is neither the time nor the place for a team meeting.

This soon became apparent as we were all tucking into our tuna melts and muffins (easy) that the din of the lunchtime crowd meant we couldn’t even hear the ‘Bucks employees shouting our orders out, let alone any words of wisdom old Moon Face wanted to impart. As ever the usual suspects grabbed a pew next to one another and started chatting whist the usual freaks tried to find a seat that wasn’t taken. The familiar chaos of ordering then followed as no one was listening to what was being brought over and then wondering where their non-decaf skinny soya milk mocha-frappuchino was as it sat on the table next to them waiting for an owner. Poor old Kirstie was put in charge and ended up trying to pair up croissants and people and then didn’t even get her cheese and ham panini at the end of it all. Moon Monkey eventually gave into the fact that he would get no where fast with the meeting and so suggested we all reconvene at 2pm for a meeting back in the office, probably like he should have done in the first place.

It could also have been his urgency to get away from CJ who was sat at a table with him, talking with her mouth full and spraying crumbs into his hot chocolate.

I could just make out over the noise that he had “good news” for the meeting. So a pay rise perhaps? Extra annual leave for all? Then he mentioned something cryptic about needing to hire the whole of Starbucks next time, alluding to the fact we’ll be taking on more staff and if anyone would be interested in working in Uganda? Hmmmm, possibly not the good news I was hoping for.

That meeting was then pushed back to 2.30pm and it’s now 2.40pm and no one knows what is going on, if it’s happening or where it’s meant to be. Usual unorganised bollocks I have come to know and love of this department then.

Let’s see what happens and I’ll report back later with any updates…..

3.30pm and still nothing. No one knows what the feck is going on and no sign of Moon Monkey.

3.44pm – the meeting is now scheduled for 4pm. We’ve been told it won’t be for long which is code for “expect to be here past 5pm” in which case I will be excusing myself at 4.55pm and leaving the office. Ginger is in a quandary because she normally goes home at 4pm, I’ve told her to get the heck out of here as I can pretty much guarantee this won’t be worth sticking around for.

4.10pm – I give up. If this meeting ever actually happens then I’ll fill you in on the ‘good news’ tomorrow. Let’s call it a cliff hanger.