After a taxing week at work about 10 years ago, my supervisor stopped by my desk. Without any prompting from me, he shook five antacid tablets out of a bottle onto my desk.
"It's been that kind of a week," he said, and walked on.
I thought that was considerate. If there's no way of avoiding a heavy workload, it's thoughtful for a manager to at least neutralize the stomach churn that results from it.
