I Was 'Tabled'

I was ‘tabled’

Anyone else out there been tabled, or am I the only unlucky one.

I made a suggestion today TO A FRIEND and he said: Let’s table that for now…and then went on to suggest something else.

So, in theory my suggestion's still out there for possible use but ‘for now’ it’s not going to be.

This has to be the most amazing form of political maneuvering I’ve personally been involved in.

I can't even begin to imagine how high the stack of suggestions and ideas are on that table...and just how deeply buried mine is in that stack.

And ‘for now?’ What is this crap? Can that be any more vague? Just like some days, for now’s never come.

So, the vote for my suggestion was NO. One word, two letters. But apparently, once in the politics of the business world where supposed self-assured peoples’ feelings can be crushed by the rejection by the simple one syllable reply, a person's always in that world.

Amazing.

Then again, maybe my being ‘tabled’ has to do with the many years friends have made suggestions to me and I’ve replied with certainty that it would happen:

Definitely…and then just walk away…while some people would say we were in mid-conversation...okay, most people...okay everyone.

I still claim the reason is he's been taken over by the politics of the corporate world.

Meanwhile, my suggestion sits 'tabled for now.'

I'll let you know if it's ever untabled.