[NO EXCUSES, there are communicators around, USE THEM]
So you made a verbal agreement with him as to the extent of what your offer entails. And you hired a new PR person. Remember the part where you made me CEO? I get to weigh in on decisions like that. Especially if we're going to start offering scholarships! God, now I have to talk to the board about this, and worry about stock prices--
[okay but this is all textbook stuff, right? no need to be so upset. this is even normal Tony behavior, so really... could be worse!]
...I need to talk to our tax accountants, too. Maybe we can get a tax write-off for that.
[yes. think of the positives. and the fact that this is what Tony is getting up to and not, you know, getting himself kidnapped in far-off countries, or getting shot at with death rays or anything like that.]
[she's starting to wonder if the moment ever actually happened.]
no subject
So you made a verbal agreement with him as to the extent of what your offer entails. And you hired a new PR person. Remember the part where you made me CEO? I get to weigh in on decisions like that. Especially if we're going to start offering scholarships! God, now I have to talk to the board about this, and worry about stock prices--
[okay but this is all textbook stuff, right? no need to be so upset. this is even normal Tony behavior, so really... could be worse!]
...I need to talk to our tax accountants, too. Maybe we can get a tax write-off for that.
[yes. think of the positives. and the fact that this is what Tony is getting up to and not, you know, getting himself kidnapped in far-off countries, or getting shot at with death rays or anything like that.]
[she's starting to wonder if the moment ever actually happened.]