-PUMP UP THE VOLUME-

I did this company review thing at work back in like November or something. It was a pretty big deal. It’s kind of my boss’s way of finding out what’s going on in people’s heads at work...what we love...what we hate...what will make us better...etc. Anyways, it took me like 3 hours to complete the damn questionnaire...and it was completely anonymous, so that’s good for people who are afraid of what the boss men may think. Me though...I made sure they’d know which questionnaire was mine.

For the most part I answered all of the questions honestly and thoughtfully, but when a question popped up kinda like this...”What do you think would improve worker morale for yourself and/or throughout the agency?” my answer was only obvious. I took the opportunity to put in a request for speakers for Alisha’s computer, so I can turn my music up louder (the factory laptop speakers are too weak). I specifically requested the JBL Creature Speakers, because they match my computer, they’re only a hundred bucks, and they rock out. I didn’t feel like I was asking for too much.

So a month went by, and nothing. No response. No speakers. I gave up hope, and over the Christmas holiday I bought the speakers with my own money. Then, just this Monday, my boss spoke up in our big Monday Morning Meeting and said that they’d reviewed the surveys, and he thanked everyone for doing them, and yadda yadda. They plan on sharing the findings with us next month, after they figure out who said what. (He was kidding.) But before the meeting was over I said aloud, “I’m the one who requested the speakers.”

I just assumed they over-looked my request, and thought I was joking. But not 30 minutes later my boss passed me in the hall, and said to me, “JBL right? The JBL Creature speakers.” I was amazed. I guess they really are paying attention.