Chippy’s Day Job

I keep getting questions from my fan club asking if I have a real job, or if I goof off all day. I forget most of my fans are of the two legged species and they read the “New York Times” instead of the “Woodpile Times” which is the national newspaper of the four legged world. If you ever find a copy of the “Woodpile Times” you will see my name at the top of masthead, “Chippy, Editor-in-Chief.” Okay I admit it, I have a desk job. The secret is out, there goes my reputation.

This is the editor’s desk. It has great views of the woodpile. Do you know how hard it is to find chipmunk size office supplies? Stapler, tape dispenser, calendar, and pencils?

I am big fan of all the new digital gadgets but when it comes to running the newspaper, I much prefer a pencil and pad of yellow paper. Yes, it is a bit old fashion.

Chippy Jr.’s school is doing a lesson on career choices. Junior is spending the day with me at the office learning about journalism.

My 10 o’clock appointment has arrived. He is a fresh out college journalist who thinks he knows everything there is to know about writing. I just told him I am rejecting his column. Here his is reaction: “WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WON’T RUN MY COLUMN?”

I have had to install security cameras in office. No, not because of the irate journalists whose columns get rejected. Someone has been stealing my snacks. I caught the culprit on camera. It turns out it is Paul from accounting. He gave me some excuse that sunflower seeds are not office supplies and he had confiscate them. Sunflower seeds are essentially to day-to-day operations, what planet does he come from? We even get a discount on our health plan for supplying healthy snacks.

No office is complete without the proverbial “water cooler.”