IKEA Chaos

My female boss was moving into a new house and wanted to buy a load of furniture from IKEA but reckoned she didn’t have time. So, she dragged me into the office one day with a massive list of items she wanted and told me to take the work’s van to IKEA. Fine, I thought, it’s a crafty day out of the office. Unfortunately, I didn’t realise the list included very heavy items like wardrobes, drawers and even a bed. I struggled round the store and managed, somehow, to load everything into the van. Job well done, I thought.

I drove back to the office and the boss wasn’t there. So, I called her and she said she was waiting at her new house for me to drop the stuff off.  By this time it was getting on for 6pm but I thought I should drop everything off. I got to the house and then she tells me that she’s hurt her arm and can’t carry anything in – so I then spend the next two hours carrying everything in. Sweating, tired and a bit miffed I manage to get all the stuff in the house.

So far, so annoying but this is where it gets even worse. She then bursts into tears and insists that I BUILD ALL THE FURNITURE because she was meant to be having a dinner party the next day and wanted the house to look nice. I couldn’t believe it! She promised I could have a day off and there’s nothing worse than a crying woman. So, I was building furniture until 6am (the boss went to bed at 10pm and actually dared to ask me to keep the noise down). I left soon after 6.30am to get to bed. Being very tired I overslept slightly and didn’t get to work until 10am. The boss was already at work, she didn’t thank me for doing all the work and then gave me a formal warning for not arriving to work on time! Un-believe-able.