Alright Sporeprint!
Your tale of woe made me laugh so hard that I changed the channel on my monitor, tears in my eyes and banging my head on the keyboard. But, my pants are fine...thank you very much for that laugh!
But, hey now, if you can afford to bribe an already fat boss with a half a pound of dried morel you must have had a fine year last year. I'd like to hear about it (it is that time of year when we start dreaming of catching those Siamese Cats of the Mushroom World, only weeks away now), you are far gone from my range and I from yours, lets have some stories.
As for the boss, stiff that clown. We don't pick for nobody for free. Make this a mushroom free year for that Turkey---or better yet take him out foraging and make him work for a change!
Whistle