Herr Mike in Deutschland

Today I am further besmirched! As mentioned in my previous post there has been a crack down on tidyness in the office and the boss has taken it upon herself to put the stuff from the undtidiest desks in a bin bag. It was today mentioned in the departmental meeting and yours truly was singled out for criticism! Though it was said in German, the comments made by the boss lady were roughly as follows:

'My boss, the head of Siemens I&S considers that the office is not tidy enough and reflects badly on the work we do, we seem unprofessional to visitors. Most of you are ok though some desks are incredibly messy. The new intern has only been here three weeks and his desk is covered in papers and brochures! It is not acceptable!'

I was positivley dumbstruck. I was annoyed that she did not address me directly, she probably thought that my german was not good enough to understand her. This is crazy management! All she needed to do was aske me to tidy it up, not throw my stuff in a bag!! And I wouldn't mind that much but I inherited most of the stuff anyway, it wasn't even mine!! GRR

Anyway, the weekend is here again, time for a bit of relaxation, heading into Erlangen with a few of the guys tonight, probably grab a bite to eat and few beers. I'll let you know how I get on!