People at work

Exercise – Choose a picture of people at work. Write a story about the person or people in the picture (sorry I couldn't insert the picture but hopefully you will get the idea).

 

This meeting is going on forever. We have gone over the budget figures time and again and they still don’t add up.  I’ll just take a moment to look through this file again while the others talk amongst themselves.  I’m sure we have included all costs for the yearly forecast but perhaps there is something we have missed.

John, my boss, has come in to lend a fresh pair of eyes, so he says. He has had nothing to do with collating this information and only gave us very broad guidelines on what he wanted to be included. We have all had to use our contacts in other parts of the business to gather information.

It’s been a very stressful few weeks with all of us working lots of late nights. So much for our work life balance the company goes on about.

The others are continuing to chip in with answers as he questions each part of the budget. They are also certain there is nothing missing.

Mmmm, I can see staffing costs have stayed about the same which doesn’t seem quite right as I'm sure there is an additional cost that should have been included this year. 

Well would you look at that, there is no allowance for the reward and recognition program. It’s new in the costs and it seems every one of us has missed it had not been included.

I could sit her for a while and watch them chase their tails, they earn much more than I do. I could see if they can really earn that money. No that would be nasty and not good team work.

“Wow” I exclaim I think I have found it. Everyone looks eagerly at me for the answer which I point out without any hesitation, as I know I am right. Everyone checks the figures again and sure enough the missing amount has been found.  When we look at it again it's as plain as the nose on your face but isn't that always the way.

At last the meeting come to a relieved close and we can all go to lunch. Yay!!