The Cow-orker and the fine art of negotiation...
She's talking to her mother, ostensibly to organise some baby-sitting for next week.
Cow-orker: "Hi, I've got a doctor's appointment one morning next week."
Mother of Cow-orker: [unintelligble]
Cow-orker: [shouting] "I am not going to drive all the way around to your place with The Spawn, and then drive all the way back to the doctor's, and then drive all the way back to your place again!"
Mother of Cow-orker: [unintelligble]
Cow-orker: [all sweetness and light] "I was hoping you'd say that. Oh, and by the way I need someone to watch The Spawn for large parts of the weekend, because it would make my life so much easier."
The Manson Family had nothing on this bunch...
