king for a day

If you want to get rapid job advancement, you should come to Africa,
where I was made the head of radiology the day that I showed up and 6
months into my stay am now the temporary executive director of the
hospital. Fortunately, the real guys get back tomorrow from their
various excursions, so my reign was brief; I had my only true leadership
test this afternoon where the chief was waiting for his X-ray, the X-ray
tech couldn't be found, and at the same time a woman needed a C-section,
the doctors were having a meeting, and two people with broken arms
showed up. Fortunately, the chief was good-humored about the delay, the
C-section went on okay, and everyone got their casts on before 6
o'clock. I still rely on my Zambian brothers to handle the protocol
side of things with VIP's, so with most of the senior staff gone I worry
that I was going to make some huge cultural blunder. However, things
seemed to get on okay.