So, my company's Annual Meeting is this afternoon.
Mandatory attendance, Business Attire mandatory. (I HATE wearing a tie!)
Guest speaker to the company today will be: Mr. Bob Nutting. Principal Owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
I have had an even dozen people ask me if I was going to tell Mr. Nutting what I thought of his ownership style & decisions, especially the first few years when it looked like they were doing everything on the cheap (and they were).
Tempting, tempting. :twisted:
However, 2 weeks ago, one of the owners of my company made mention of Mr. Nutting's invitation. And asked if I had any such plans. Now, the words he said were friendly... but the look and the tone made it very clear...
As my boss told me, "Tom has gotten tired of certain people's reactions to celebrities around here." (Not that I consider Mr. Nutting a celebrity, but I got the gist). That, and "employees who embarrass the owners around high profile guests don't tend to stay employees for much longer."
In other words...