A Fire Hazard my A***!

I was told off at work by my manager. I resent being told off, even when I’m wrong so I defended my position and decided to be self righteous about it.

I arranged to meet my friend after work, but he was going to meet me one hour after my finishing time so to burn some time, I decided to put some curls in my hair by using my curling irons.

I knew that the meeting room would be empty all day so I left my curling irons and mirror on the desk.

It was just my luck that the Health & Safety inspector was doing a check around the building to make sure that we didn’t have any dangerous equipment lying around and all our electricals were in good working order.

When the Health & Safety snooper left, my supervisor came into our office and said does anyone know who these curling irons belong to? I said me and nothing else was said. Nothing until my manager said August, can I have a quick word please. So I said sure. She said would you like to come into my office. I said no! She thought I was joking. I didn’t want to go into her office so I said no, what am I lying for? She looked at me as if she was expecting something to happen but I just sat there. There was a long silence so I said to her what’s the matter? She then said you can’t leave your curling irons lying around on the desk. I said why not. She said it’s a fire hazard. A fire hazard my a***! So I said to her which part of my tongs are a fire hazard if they’re not plugged in? When you have your box of Marlboro Lights sitting on the desk, is that a fire hazard? No it’s not because it’s not lit. What a ridiculous thing to say.

Well of course she looked at me like she wanted to punch me in the face.

Oh well, I guess I’ll be seeing my P45 for some bullsh*t reason (like bad attitude). Either that or my manager’s gonna tell me some crap about downsizing and demotion.