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Ok, the Sultan of Brunei asked me over for lunch the other day (I'm a top executive to him, he sells oil to the USofA, and I suggest prices for the barrels he sends out) and I've gotta admit - It's the coolest palace I remember even being in. However, Mr. Sultan, at the lunch table, had a peice of Saudi-spinach (somewhat like the American stuff only it's covered in sand) in his teeth. So I was like, "Hey, Sultan, you got some Saudi-spinach in you're teeth. Might want to extract that before our big oil meeting." However, a certain hand gesture (pointing at my teeth) was an inside joke he had been holding for 23 years and found it as offensive. So later on that day, after I was kicked out somewhat violently by some masked guys, I walked through a sandstorm to my house somewhat dejected because I had been demoted from "Top Executive" to "Oil Salesman." My salary went from 780,000 dollars a year to 200,000 in one day. I'm wondering if you wonderful advice columnists can help me get my "Top Executive" ranking in the Oil Heirarchy back.
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Ok.. well, this almost sounds like a joke, but I'm not going to treat it that way, because I suppose that it's possible this could happen.
Does the Sultan realize that it was a joke? If not, then you should explain yourself to him. In fact, you should explain yourself to him anyway! Ask why you were demoted, and apologize. Oh my gosh! I said "apologise"!! I know, that's almost a sin now, but it might be worth it, even if you didn't do anything wrong, sometimes your bosses get... big egos. (to say the least.) So, explain yourself... that's all I know to do. Oh, by the way, that was kind of you to tell the Sultan that he had sand-covered spinach stuck in his teeth. That would ruin his dignity if people saw that.. better one to see it than a whole team of workers, right? That's a large demotion, and a large cut in your salary too... you should explain yourself. Take your boss out to lunch, then explain yourself, apologise, and pray for the best. (boss might like a nice, free lunch...) And if you can't get your old job back, you can put out an ad in the newspaper for a job that requires an experienced "Top Executive" in the "Oil Heirarchy", or you could attempt to work your way back up the ladder to your old job. Sorry I couldn't help more.. oh, that's pretty bad that you were kicked out violently.. but don't include that in your explanation to the boss, it might make you sound like a whiney brat. (no offense, but that's just a suggestion.) Sorry it took so long to reply, I was out of town for the weekend.
-FunnyCide
-Edit - sorry about the misspelled word
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Well, the Sultan of Brunei really hates me and all, because one time one of those masked guys asked if I was American and I replied, "No, I'm Chinese, what do you think??" So he got mad and kicked me out in the sand too. Fortunately, a Bedouin Preist arrived and told me to eat Sultan Cookies. "Low on fat, rich in oil"; like they always say. Anyway, so the moral of the story is, the Sultan of Brunei is extremely easy to irritate, and not much more difficult to get yourself booted out the door - or in this case, the titanium-plated iron gate. But if you really want your job back, eat Sultan Cookies. You won't get fat, and the oil really lubricates your throat as it goes down.
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