Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Bitchin in the kitchen
Bitchin in the kitchenIn any work place, you can walk into the floor kitchen and get a good understanding of the employees that work on the floor. At least the passive aggressive ones. In my former workplace there were messages taped on microwaves, fridges, walls, cabinets, you name it and there was a message about it. I breathed an easy sigh of relief when I came to this floor and saw no messages. The kitchen appeared to be a passive aggressive free zone - and perhaps somewhere I could cook my food, get my water, and even eat in silence.
No longer is that the case - today there was a sign posted and I am almost offended by it:
"Listen up, the ol' Gunny's gonna give it to ya straight with no chaser!
If you take the last of the coffee, MAKE MORE!
And a little bitty skim on the bottom DON"T COUNT!
If you use it up, replace it!
Take the paper roll of the holder and put a new roll on it!
Go to the other kitchen if you have to - you could use the exercise, if you know what I mean!
and what in blazes is stinkin' up the refrigerators?
If you put something in there and it is coming back to life, kill it and dump it!
We may have a few miracles around here, but not in there!
Now, if there are no questions, carry on!"
Forget it - after re-reading it with all the colloquialisms and grammar errors I am offended. I am sure they meant to be funny - but it's just offensive. And to top it off they used the color printer to make copies.
A New Love?
A New Love?I think so!
Just got back from lunch with Rob and he took me over to a place called "Shy Giant." They sell frozen yogurt, ice cream, all those lovely treats. I have seen this place a few times but I have never stopped. Today we stopped. Oh Man! I found a new love!
White Chocolate Caramel Ice Cream.
It's the perfect mixture of sweet without over doing it. (Well, it would probably be over the top for most, but I like sweets to be SWEET) It's perfect. I savored every bite. And it would go great with coffee too. Yummy yummy coffee.
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Tuesday…
Tuesday...I was thinking of jotting notes on all the things I have been up to - but that would just take too long. If you want the full story you can email me and I will send it to you - otherwise...Onto today!
I have written and written today - this is my 3rd try.
Blogger isn't working for me today - so I'm going to try again tomorrow - sorry :(
Friday, October 15, 2004
Things I have learned this week:
Things I have learned this week:squirrels are cute. They bite. I didn't get bitten, but I did get to pet one yesterday. How cool is that?
Beefeater Gin is not my friend. Especially when it is free and all you have to do is ask for another drink ticket to get another drink. Somehow I ended up with 8 tickets. I didn't drink 8 drinks, but I kept getting more tickets. Oh, it seemed like a good idea at the time...
Kickball can be really fun, especially if you are playing with a team from Evening Magazine and get to meet local celebrities. And then drink free gin. The gin part can be bad the next morning...
There's more I am sure... just in my slightly hungover and stupid feeling state I can't think very clearly.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
The Hilarity Continues…
The Hilarity Continues...I have mentioned the woman that sits across from me many times. She brings many hours of laughter and entertainment to me and surrounding cubemates. This morning was no exception.
Apparently it started while I was in a meeting... so I missed how it began. However, I arrived back at my desk to find her on a phone call to a helpdesk and cleaning her keyboard with that canned air stuff. I glanced at Lori on my way in and she was silently laughing so hard her eyes were glistening with tears. I knew I had missed something big. But I sat down to get back to work.
It continued. Whatever I missed - I still got all the entertainment I could handle!
She was on the phone with a helpdesk. I say "a" helpdesk because, as it turned out, this was not work related. Apparently she got a virus on her home computer and, instead of calling the helpdesk from home with her computer in front of her, she decided to wait until she got to work the next day to make the phone call. That's right. She called to see if they could fix her home computer while she was at work. I am assuming the conversation would have been even funnier if I had heard it from the beginning...
The conversation in itself would have been enough to push anyone over the edge, add to that the fact that Lori is sitting at her desk desperately singing to herself to try and block out some of the sound. I lost it myself when I heard the words, "Zippity do dah...Zippity Eh..." AND someone was playing some sort of opera music nearby, so every once in awhile the whole affair was punctuated with a high pitched trilling... Of course that would have pushed anyone over the edge, then Terry decides to IM Lori and I. He was making various comments on things the woman was saying:
Woman: Well, when I first got it and was installing the worm virus was infecting me
Terry via IM: Ewe she is infected with worms!
Lori via IM: EEEEWWWWWWEEEEE
Woman: You promise you will call me? Promise? tehehehe
Terry: He promises never to call her...
Elizabeth: "I was totally going to call, but I suddenly got ill and had to go home early..."
This went on and on for about a half hour, at which point we decided to call it quits and get back to work. We knew it was mean, but we just couldn't resist...
I think the woman is missing her other cubemates, she keeps trying to involve herself in our conversations. I am sitting with my headphones on trying to look VERY busy so she won't get the urge to talk to me. I know it is mean, but I am afraid that she is one of those people who take advantage of any kindness and suddenly become your best friend. I have a best friend. Actually I have more than one, but that isn't the point. I don't need another. Especially one that claims her cube is usually clean though I personally think there may be something growing over there...
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
