what does that even mean?

At my job, managers are supposed to have a weekly check-in with their team members, which is not at all the point of this story. The point is that after rescheduling my check-in three times this week, my manager finally admitted (on Friday, at 5 pm) that it looked like we just weren’t going to get to it this week.

Which is also not the point of this story. The point is that said admission included this phrase: “But I think we’re set up really well for next year.”

Now, I had already clocked out, so you better believe I wasn’t going to hang around, but WHAT? I was baffled. I spent some time in the car trying to figure it out, and I came up with a few options:

1- They seriously meant next year, and think 2020 will be the year things start going smoothly. (So optimistic!)

2- They jokingly meant next year. (Amazing, but unlikely.)

3- They meant 2019, but don’t actually know the year has already started. (Possible?)

4- They meant 2019, and were inadvertently providing a startling insight into why the company always does poorly in January. (#NotShocking)

5- They are only programmed with a set number of business buzzwords and phrases, and that was the closest one to fitting the situation. (The next stage of automating the workplace: automating social interaction!)

Perhaps more concerning even than the confusion over what year we’re in is the confidence that things are going well. Really? REALLY? (There’s the Bert and Ernie meme with the wastepaper basket, right? Sometimes that feels JUST LIKE my workplace.)

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