Boss: "Tong."
Me: "Boss, am I going to be fired?"
Boss: laughs. "I want to pass you this merit incentive letter."
Me: shocked, completely stunned "thank you, did you have to fight hard for this?"
Boss: "yes, you can't go around treating people to coffee or telling people about it, it is very sensitive. You are the only one in the division to get it."
Me: still completely shocked, "ok thank you."
I subsequently ran along to the next meeting but while on the way home wrote him a long thank-you letter.
