Play Nice

Hours before I had to fire someone for the first time in my life, I received this text:

Don't forget to break it gently to the old lady dying of cancer that you're firing her a week before Christmas.

When I was later telling the same person how difficult it had been to deliver the news, she replied:

Aw. Did it ruin your day?
I bet it ruined hers.

The first one made me laugh out loud.  It was the perfect tension release before a meeting that I had been dreading for days. The second one made me snort, then just marvel at the boldness it took to deliver such a mean joke.



I think I like her.