The caption of that photo may say "Scaredy cat", but it looks like he's planning to take off the photographer's fingers. At the elbow. Or am I overinterpreting the social situation here?
Thanks guys. I really need some bolstering. I'm thinking about buying a new outfit.
"The best vengeance is living well".
You might want to try finding something that immediately looks as if you've owned it for months, maybe even shopping at a thrift store. After all, you don't want to get dressed up in a bunch of crinkly new clothes and get mistakenly lumped in with all the other workers who dressed up to impress their coworkers & bosses.
Have you brainstormed a script?
"Yeah, I ended up being in the country this month so I thought I'd drop by and see how everyone's doing."
"Why, thank you, I feel younger every year! It's amazing what plenty of free time and no stress or department meetings can do for your health."
"What do you mean, 'What do I do?' In case of what?"
"Work? Feh. Let's talk about what you did last weekend. Really? Oh. Sorry. Did they at least give you overtime or comp time?"
"Ha ha ha, actually that's a very popular question on an Internet discussion board, but even after doing
nothing all day I'm still worn out by bedtime."
"Bored? Well, let me ask you-- do you see yourself doing anything boring next week? Because if you're available then we could... oh, you're working next week? Right. Well, I'll post about it on LinkedIn and you can read about it there!"
"Ha ha ha, actually that's a very intense topic on an Internet discussion board. But I paid off my mortgage before I retired so that I wouldn't need to work to pay my debts."
"Golly, boss, I haven't seen you for three years! You're still wearing that ol' thing?!?"
"What did the boss mean just now when he made that joke about next month's layoffs? Say, do you think you're going to come out of this all right?"
"Yeah, well, the Appalachian Trail doesn't seem very long until you try to hike it from one end to the other."
"This barbecue sure looks good, but you wouldn't believe how heavenly it tastes in Chiang Mai."
"Dude, did you see that surf forecast for next week in Costa Rica? I am so there!"