It may not be useful to OP at this point, but this thread reminds me of an incident when I first started this job, as a contractor. It was in the first day or two. By chance in the hallway passing by my supervisor, his boss, and the VP they reported to. The VP says "You're the cyclist, I almost ran over you this morning". I popped off with "No don't do that, I just got this gig." I was actually kind of serious about that. My bosses started laughing and telling the VP don't run down the contractor because he's one of the good ones. It could have gone so badly, but it turned out pretty hilarious ...