Sharpie has an impromptu meeting with Carol the Skeksi

Sharpie was getting pretty unnerved about the whole vacation situation with Stepzilla. She had emailed Carol to request an urgent meeting, but Carol hadn’t replied to her yet. My carpal tunnel was acting up again, and I knew how concerned Carol tended to be with workplace injuries, so I drug Carol down to our office to check out my workstation. Carol rips off the wrist-rest (which I could have done if I had known it was okay to damage my new office supplies).

As Carol’s leaving, she asks Sharpie about the meeting. Sharpie’s looking pretty frazzled. Carol picks up on the cue of “disgruntled employee.” The next thing you know, they’re in a meeting together. Sharpie reinforces the fact that we work in a hostile work environment and are afraid to even speak up about Stepzilla—for fear of retribution. Carol promises change and that she’s actually going to do something. She tells Sharpie that she’s to go on her vacation. Carol also asks about if the department being short one person is causing the work overload.

You think?!

After Sharpie’s meeting is over, we notice that Carol is in Stepzilla’s office and talking to her. The next day they have another, even longer meeting. Then Stepzilla is calling people for interviews; talking to Mavvy about candidates taking a sample test; and generally being much more appeasing. She really has backed off of Sharpie.

A month later, we still don’t have a multimedia person, but apparently we have a candidate. I think this position has been open for a year…