Locked Out!
Fridays at work are big days for me now. I’m working on a large web project, using the Agile method of software development.
As scrum master of my cross-functional team, I am charged with reporting our group’s progress in the form of a public presentation.
Yesterday morning, I woke up and was on track to get out the door without any major crisis. I ran out, started the car, and prompted my four year-old to get in. Naturally, he left the door wide open. I said “Brett, close the door!” He complied. I turned to run back in to grab my, well, “everything…” Coat, purse, phone, badge, etc. My helpful boy had locked us out.
Now, most people would have a house key in the garage or on their keychain. I am not most people. I panicked, realizing that it was freezing, and I didn’t even have a phone. Most of my neighbors were gone for the day, so what was I going to do?
I am so lucky that I had the car running. I decided to do what was necessary to get to work on time, rather than try to resolve the issue then and there. I dropped Brett off at school and went to work in the twenty-degree weather without a jacket or anything else, including my coffee. Argh!
