Hero for a day

I’m feeling like something of a hero here at work right now. When it comes to the end of the year and the final quarter and all of that, they are often scrounging around trying to make up financial deficits somewhere. Because I work on a product that is generally considered something of a cash cow, since it’s supply of material is a bit more reliable than some, I often feel the pressure to output more. But this year they didn’t ask me because my product is so current that I just don’t have a backlog of material waiting. However, today in the mail I got some proofs back that will do two extra parts in my report series. So, I relished sending a rather cheeky email to my manager, who is a really nice guy, saying something like “I don’t suppose anyone will object if I send some extra parts to press”, and as I expected, no, they are not going to object.

Only problem is that now, when I thought I was done the final press date, which was Monday (but they are always prepared to blow that out if it means more income), I have some more work to do. But I think I am in the good books!