A cracking life

How Chief Executives think they know it all.

Just wanna get this off my chest... A new CE started at my place of work and he came round to 'show his face' to the commoners. During his visit he told us that he made a point of not telling people he was coming because it was a bit like the Queen visiting places and smelling new paint everywhere; that he liked to see 'his' people in their 'natural environment'!

When he arrived I had been in the middle of witing an important and difficult email to a colleague, which required a degree of diplomacy, therefore I was in heavy duty thinking mode. Let me tell you that all my colleagues, friends and family know what I am thinking at any given time because if there is one weakness I freely hold my hands up to it's showing my emotions on my face there and then. And at this time I was thinking hard, engrossed.

The CE said to me:
"You might want to check the body language there"
I looked up and realised he was talking to me. I had a deep frown on my face and my arms folded. I said:
"Oh yeah sorry I was thinking about something".
He carried on pontificating about the various merits of meeting people without warning and as he left he gave me a little nod and said:
"And remember... check that body language".
Ok, the thing is, I am not working at a front desk, I feel I am entitled to think with whatever expression I want on my face... surely we have not got to the point in society where we can't even pull the odd face now and then! I thought he had a cheek actually because iof you are going to make a point of catching people unaware you've go to be prepared to accept what ypou find to a degree. i mean, obviously if I'd been shagging someone on the desk I would understand his consternation. I reckon this is just a little hypocritical and that really he was a Queen expecting the joy of sniffing fresh paint!