He: (cautiously approaching my desk at the DRO headquarters) Shay -- Have I mentioned yet how nice you're looking this morning? That sweater is a really good color on you.
Me: Whose vehicle did you wreck?
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Gosh, aren't you the suspicious sort? (So, whose vehicle id he wreck?)
ReplyDeleteAs it turned out, he was actually looking for a favor unrelated to motor vehicles. I've spent so much time as a transportation manager that it's made me suspicious.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up, that kind of approach was called buttering you up one side and down the other.
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