Mid-year appraisal with my Boss. She is looking at the boxes of an online Form in which I’m supposed to have entered my career aspirations, targets for the rest of the year etc. etc.
Boss: Hmmm.. it seems you’ve put even less in than last time?
Me: Yes. Well. They’ve changed the Form. It used to be that you couldn’t submit it unless you’d completed all of the fields.
Boss: I see. So this time you’ve put absolutely nothing, whereas last time you entered a dot in each field?
Me: Look. I’m 55. I’ve just changed down to a 3-day week. I don’t want or need a career. I just do it for a bit of pocket money and to help preserve my mental faculties.
Boss: I understand that, it’s just that HR are insisting this year that we put something down for career aspirations.
Me: How about “To do a fair day’s work for a fair day’s pay”?
Boss: That’ll do.