Listen To The Drunk Man

Well, things are going much better in WHF's job thanks to an encounter we had with a drunken higher up with his company. :D

On Monday night, WHF went out to a fancy dinner with work people. He thought it would help him and I agreed. After dinner, they then went to a bar. Well, this higher up thought WHF had had too much to drink, so he gave him $100 to take a cab ride home. (Keep in mind, cabs are not a big thing in our city...they're used, but definitely not in high numbers.)

So, WHF called me and told me this...I said, don't worry, my brother's over here, so I can come and pick you up. (Keep in mind also, this is 11:30 at night.)

My brother and I drove downtown and he dropped me off. WHF said, this executive wants to meet the person who would drive down here to get me. So, off I went with him to the bar.

I guess this executive thought I was a little upset with WHF and all the hours and such he'd been working. So he starts drunkenly talking to us about how WHF needs to go home to his family. How he needs to go home at a decent hour. That they worked really hard to get him there, sending like 125 emails back and forth and while it's hard now, it's going to get easier. That hopefully things would be settled in a year. It's hard for every single person right now. That they'd hire someone else to work under him. That he really is an asset to the company and that they see him going places. This guy went on and on (some of this stuff repeated many times) for like 20 minutes.

And here I was grinning like a monkey! I was sitting there thinking, yep, told him that. I told him that too...he needed to hear that. It was such a great conversation...I know he really appreciated it b/c he finally felt appreciated.

And the most interesting part is that he wouldn't have heard any of this if I hadn't showed up to get him. WHF didn't mention any of this to the executive...he just started talking about it when he saw me.

So, hopefully this new found confidence will help him. Because I still have faith in him. And I think he's gaining a little in himself too.