Today I told Rachel that I was planning to apply for the Seattle job. Today, I officially applied for the job. I repeat that, because it is going to be important later.

She then tells me that she was a little stressed out because I was asking questions that would lead one to believe that I was applying for the job, and yet I never told her that I was applying for the job. She thought I was doing something sneaky and behind her back, like when I mentioned that I as of yet was not sure whether or not I was going to apply, and then a little later I’m talking to the Manager of the Seattle store on the phone. But as I explained to her, I didn’t tell her anything because there was nothing to tell. She knew I was interested in the job. And I told her I would tell her before I applied somewhere else, which I did. I just really didn’t know what I was going to do until now.

Then the phone rings and this is where it all gets very surreal. Bob (our District Manager) wants to know why Rachel didn’t tell him that I applying for a job in Seattle. How the hell does he even know that, you ask? Well, Mike (Seattle’s Manager) was talking to his Regional Manager, John, having a normal chat about the open position when he then tells John that he just got an email from this Ben Merrell guy. Bob happens to be at Corporate at the same time John hears about this, so then John asks Bob what he knows about my applying for the job. Bob, of course, has no idea what he is talking about and thus kind of looks like an idiot. Shit always rolls downhill, so then Rachel is confronted about not telling him. Bob, she says, Ben just told me he was applying minutes before you called.

It’s amazing how much trouble you can get in without even doing anything.