A unexpected update at Ask-A-Manager
February 6, 2023 7:40 PM Subscribe
Retired, but lovely, "Frank", #3 at the link and his reoccurring visits have become an issue at the office, what to do? Ask-A-Manager posts the eventual solution.
Yay! What a great ending.
posted by Mo Nickels at 7:50 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Mo Nickels at 7:50 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
Aaaaaaaaah delightful! What a good bunch of humans.
posted by punchtothehead at 8:12 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by punchtothehead at 8:12 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
Rare.
posted by Miko at 8:34 PM on February 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Miko at 8:34 PM on February 6, 2023 [2 favorites]
That was a sweet one.
posted by gentlyepigrams at 8:59 PM on February 6, 2023
posted by gentlyepigrams at 8:59 PM on February 6, 2023
Aaaaw, sweet.
posted by dg at 9:31 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by dg at 9:31 PM on February 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
❤️❤️❤️
posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:40 PM on February 6, 2023
posted by JoeXIII007 at 9:40 PM on February 6, 2023
This was an awesome story!
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 9:47 PM on February 6, 2023
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 9:47 PM on February 6, 2023
M. Night Shyamalan will direct the movie.
posted by bendy at 11:43 PM on February 6, 2023 [7 favorites]
posted by bendy at 11:43 PM on February 6, 2023 [7 favorites]
OK, this was the best possible workplace story.
posted by Harald74 at 1:04 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Harald74 at 1:04 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
bendy: M. Night Shyamalan will direct the movie.
Frank yanks off the wig and glasses, turning out to be Fergus all along.
posted by dr_dank at 3:42 AM on February 7, 2023 [11 favorites]
Frank yanks off the wig and glasses, turning out to be Fergus all along.
posted by dr_dank at 3:42 AM on February 7, 2023 [11 favorites]
As someone who caused a new family to be created by leaving a job (long story), all I can say is — awww!
posted by scruss at 3:48 AM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by scruss at 3:48 AM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Fergus then peels off the fake face, turning out to be Wakeen all along!
(No, but really, this is absolutely adorable.)
posted by humbug at 5:10 AM on February 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
(No, but really, this is absolutely adorable.)
posted by humbug at 5:10 AM on February 7, 2023 [4 favorites]
That's wonderful! Sounds like an uplit novel by Mike Gayle or somebody.
posted by BibiRose at 5:26 AM on February 7, 2023
posted by BibiRose at 5:26 AM on February 7, 2023
"Ask a Manager" has become my favorite advice column by a pretty wide margin. This is a really heartwarming story, but the site also excels at tales of working situations so unbelievably terrible that one can only read and marvel. In fact, I suspect (although I do not know for sure) that Alison Green has drifted over time in a more pro-labor stance purely on the basis of the crazy stories she hears from her readership.
posted by Ipsifendus at 8:57 AM on February 7, 2023 [15 favorites]
posted by Ipsifendus at 8:57 AM on February 7, 2023 [15 favorites]
One just never knows where they will find love and acceptance. This is so sweet.
posted by waving at 9:17 AM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by waving at 9:17 AM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Ipsifendus, coincidentally there was a deep dive post yesterday about how AAM works behind the scenes where Alison explicitly acknowledges her own pro-labour drift over time, and how being so exposed to so many wild and awful labour relations issues made that happen (question 34 at the link).
I also very much needed & wanted the individual profiles on her six cats (question 35 at the link).
posted by terretu at 9:22 AM on February 7, 2023 [21 favorites]
I also very much needed & wanted the individual profiles on her six cats (question 35 at the link).
posted by terretu at 9:22 AM on February 7, 2023 [21 favorites]
I'm happy that Frank got a good resolution. The manager was not in a great position. Before I retired, I worked in an office that routinely dealt in confidential student information and if I were to "drop by", there's a risk that I'd see something I shouldn't. Nothing I hadn't seen before, mind you, but as I'm no longer an employee, I'm not entitled to see it. Respecting privacy is everybody's job.
posted by SPrintF at 10:38 AM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by SPrintF at 10:38 AM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
Awww!
posted by rmd1023 at 10:58 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by rmd1023 at 10:58 AM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
awwwww love & purpose
posted by supermedusa at 1:31 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by supermedusa at 1:31 PM on February 7, 2023 [2 favorites]
I needed this today!!!! Also yes - if you are able - please please please donate to your local diaper bank!!
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. at 3:47 PM on February 7, 2023
posted by Gyre,Gimble,Wabe, Esq. at 3:47 PM on February 7, 2023
This is exactly the kind of thing I needed right now. Thank you!
posted by kitten kaboodle at 5:25 PM on February 7, 2023
posted by kitten kaboodle at 5:25 PM on February 7, 2023
In the behind the scenes post, Alison lives the dream, in which she writes paragraphs about her many cats and strangers on the internet are thrilled.
posted by Emmy Rae at 7:55 PM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by Emmy Rae at 7:55 PM on February 7, 2023 [1 favorite]
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