A Sandbox of Stories

Years ago, my manager at the bank I worked for invited me out to lunch at a fancy restaurant in downtown Chicago. About 30 minutes in, she handed me a folded white card embossed with gold print provided to her by human resources that said I had been promoted from training consultant to training officer. Before I could react, she told me that the card was wrong and that I was being promoted a level above officer—to senior training consultant.