Fool's Parade
I just saw this picture of me, Siena, and Huey coming up to my parents' house and it reminded me of a man I worked with in one of my first jobs out of college. He was older and well-intentioned but liked to say things like "Well, this must be the fool's parade" when my department would walk by on our way to a meeting room.
It never bothered me much; I categorized it as one of those sayings people spit out without thinking. It really, really bothered my boss, though, which I didn't know until the day she finally said something back. It was a typical morning with the five of us in the PR department walking by the fundraising department. Older coworker emerges from office, says: "Well, this must be the fool's parade." My boss responds: "If it were, Joe, then you'd be the leader."
And that was the end of the fool's parade comments.
It never bothered me much; I categorized it as one of those sayings people spit out without thinking. It really, really bothered my boss, though, which I didn't know until the day she finally said something back. It was a typical morning with the five of us in the PR department walking by the fundraising department. Older coworker emerges from office, says: "Well, this must be the fool's parade." My boss responds: "If it were, Joe, then you'd be the leader."
And that was the end of the fool's parade comments.
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