taking a bow

Takes a bow.
Falls into the orchestra pit.

"Good work Serge! We didn't get much advance notice, but you made sure it went smoothly for us."
- my boss yesterday, about our participation in the mainframe backup exercise

"Thanks for the good work Serge as usual."
- the team lead below my boss, also yesterday, also about that mainframe exercise

"Because you coordinate and instruct well."
- a co-worker yesterday, about the recent deployment of changes to our system