She: “Can you let me know when you’ll have this done?”<\/p>\n
Me: “What’s your drop-dead date for this project?”<\/p>\n
She: “Yesterday.”<\/p>\n
Me: “Sorry, I don’t think we’ll be able to meet that deadline. Really, how urgent is this?”<\/p>\n
She: “Well, my manager wants it done.”<\/p>\n
Me: “Is it pee in your pants urgent or…”<\/p>\n
She: “Well…”<\/p>\n
Me: “Or is it ohmygod, I don’t have my Christmas shopping done urgent?”<\/p>\n
She: “It’s hard to say.”<\/p>\n
Me: “Try. I need to know ’cause we’re working on other things.”<\/p>\n
She: “He wants it done as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n
Me: “I’ll see what I can do.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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