Incorrigible Boss

My boss is incorrigible. He is the divisional manager of my company but he just couldnt seem to get the names right. When I say that he dint get my name right does not mean he used to mispronounce it or says it in a weird way. He called out the name correctly - but to the wrong person.

Everytime he wanted to call out for my colleague Mary, he shrieked out my name. In the beginning I used to think its just for the time being. Once he gets used to it, it wont happen. But it had been 1 and a half year and history kept repeating itself everytime he wanted to call out for either one of us. He called me Mary and my colleague Darshini. Its reached to the stage where both of us had got so used to it that everytime he called out my colleagues name, guess who answered?

Its not that we dint try correcting him. A little more than a million times. Mary & me decided that its really annoying that we have lost our identity and its high time we take matters into our own hands. So, we decided that next time he called out my name - Mary instantly says 'Yes, you called me' just to make him realise that he is dumb enough to call out the wrong name but we are smart enough to respond correctly. And hey, the idea did work. He realised that he called out the wrong name everytime. And situation did get better. Both, me & my colleague were kind of getting used to him calling out the names correctly. Just when everything was going fine, the clock struck 12:00.

A few weeks after the correct name-calling he started dialing the wrong extension nos. 103 is Mary's extension & 101 is mine. He started dialing Mary's extension to give instructions to me and vice-versa. Even more havoc was created after he started doing that since its his habit never to listen to our 'Hello' and just start off with whatever he has to say. Both of us kept running to each other to pass the information as correctly as we can.

It was like there has to be a mix-up somewhere or the other in his head. Thus, we decided to solve this problem, retain our identities and for the sake of smooth working - we have finally swapped our extension nos. Now, everytime he wants to speak to me, he calls Mary's extension & still he gets to speak to me. Smooth running.