Tell Me What You Really Think

Here is a recent conversation I had with two employees of a company whose name I won’t mention:

Me: When are you leaving town?
Employee 1: Tomorrow early noon.
Me: Would you like to meet before you leave?
Employee 1: Sure, how about we meet 8am and we can buy you breakfast?
Me: Well, I don’t eat breakfast but I can talk while you eat.
Employee 2: That’s actually better because our boss will be pretty pissed if we bought you breakfast.
Me: Is it personal or because I work for Yahoo!?
Employee 2: He hates your company and will not approve the expense.

Needless to say I had ice water for breakfast.