Things that are annoying April 20, 2006 ~ 9:05 am
Posted by Julie in : Academic Office Monkey, Daily Grind, Politically Incorrect , trackbackIf I was playing Pyramid (that annoying gameshow leftover from the ’70s), these would be the clues I would give today:
One of my co-workers, henceforth known as Timid, who asks questions she either already knows the answer to or should know the answer to, just to get a response from someone. So far today, she has asked me if she should make a copy of someone’s record to add to the ticket list. When I asked her if she had checked the ticket list we already have first, to see if that was necessary, she hadn’t. I told her if I found out she was adding people to the list that were already on it, I was going to be more than a little irritated, since she’s been through Commencement before and I already reminded her three times what the procedure is. It is going to be a long month.
Karl Rove. Sure, he’s stepped down from one position, but the asshole is still running things from the “Bat Cave.” Wherever that is.
My boss is out again today. She was out most of last week to visit her parents in Florida, and is out today for (I think) the end of Passover. I do not begrudge her either of those, but it means all the morons come out of the woodwork and want to deal with me instead. I will not feel guilty when I leave for the Mall of America next Wednesday.
It’s already 68* outside, and I am stuck inside. Pleh. Maybe all the students will go to the beach today.
People in other offices who have no clue of what I have to do telling me how to do my job, in particular telling me that I’m doing something wrong. Do I tell you how to do your job? No. I wouldn’t presume to do so. Get your nose out of my business, and trust that I’m doing it right. Because I am. And you are not the boss of me.
And now, to counterbalance all of that, a thing that is funny. Or at the very least, a really weird coincidence. Brooke Shields gave birth to her second child on the same day as Katie Holmes unleashed that crazy man’s child into the world. Let’s see who gets post-partum depression this go-round. (I’m betting on Katie, because wouldn’t that be a bitch?)
Comments
I think Katie Holmes having Tom Cruise’s child is giving me post-partum depression.
Tom Cruise depresses me. I need my thetans cleansed.
And Julie, do I go ahead and leave a comment and THEN press “say it!” or do I push the button first and THEN leave a comment? Or maybe I should the post first? I forget.
I’m finding you oddly comforting lately. Not that YOU’RE odd, but really, why should a rant about crappy coworkers soothe me?
Okay, so I’m odd. You’re still my comfort food lately.
I’m thinking Katie needs a huge case of PPD. Like she needs to go crazy shithouse rat on Tommy boy. They call that poetic justice in my neck of the woods.
I’m sorry you seem to be surrounded by morons in the workplace. Thankfully, the weekend is just around the corner.
Lois Lane
Lois just said it all!!! Ditto!
Lois~I’ve been saying that all along. Just let Katie come down with a raging case of PPD, and see how quickly Tom recants his position on drugs. It’s one thing to say it, another to live with it.
KtP~Am I more of a meatloaf/mashed potatoes comfort food, or mac n cheese? Just curious. And I am comforting because I’m all rants all the time lately, and that appeals to everyone.
ESC~Did I ever write about my visit to the Scientologists? I need to check my archives, because if I didn’t, now is the time. And reading the post is always a good place to start. *squeeze*
Retro~All this TomKitten publicity is giving me hairballs. *yack*
Perhaps to your list you could add:
my upstairs neighbour, who just got a new stereo and enjoy playing irritating punjabi music loud enough to make me swallow my tongue just as i’m trying to sleep.
Seamus~How do you always sneak in while I’m commenting? Sneaky man.
Jay~Welcome! Wow, that will keep you up nights. And makes me glad that my only neighbor is downstairs, is elderly, and spends most of her day in the basement, instead of directly beneath me.
If Tom breaks up with Katie and gets together with Angelina, we could have a new dominant power couple!