I suspect the talking about the menu/weather/etc is a bit of an instinctive reflex that parents have to protect their kids from bad news .. a hard habit to break, evidently.
Like .. blah, blah, weather, blah, blah, make roast beef for dinner, blah, blah .. oh, by the way the house was broken into and all our valuables were stolen .. blah, blah, supposed to rain tomorrow ...
At which point you're probably going .. 'Whaaa??? .. back up, there!'
As for the uncertainties of your employer .. well, I found this, that might give you a chuckle, if nothing else ..
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of an instinctive reflex that parents have to protect
their kids from bad news .. a hard habit to break, evidently.
Like .. blah, blah, weather, blah, blah, make roast beef for dinner, blah, blah .. oh, by the way the house was broken into and all our valuables were stolen .. blah, blah, supposed to rain tomorrow ...
At which point you're probably going .. 'Whaaa??? .. back up, there!'
As for the uncertainties of your employer .. well, I found this, that
might give you a chuckle, if nothing else ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKCVOyx2pms&eurl=