Friday, November 02, 2012

annoying coworker

Lately I've been thinking that perhaps it's time for me to get a job.  However, in one of my volunteer positions, I have been working closely with someone who irritates me profoundly, and this is making me remember all of the annoying coworkers I've ever had.  I realized I had been  remembering all the paychecks and happy hours and nicest clients, not thinking about the psycho bosses, insane deadlines, and other unpleasantnesses.

Today my annoying co-volunteer was especially annoying, and I thought perhaps instead of vowing to get a job,  I should instead vow to never work in any office again.  I shared some of my thinking with the Sober Husband and Lola.

"I was romanticizing the work world.  I was just thinking, 'Oh, there's always someone to go to lunch with or out for drinks.'"

"I feel like I live in the movie 'Office Space'", the Sober Husband shared.

Little Lola, who has never actually held a job, for inscrutable reasons of her own found what I had to say hilarious.  Between guffaws, she asked, "You thought that?  Lunch?  Drinks?"  She slapped her leg in amusement.


2 comments:

Claire M. Johnson said...

My son was devotee of the Steve Carrell "the office" for years. When he would be in peals of laughter I would sit there and just stare. One day he accused me of having no sense of humor. I said to him, "You are sixteen. You think this shit if hilarious because you've never had a job. This isn't comedy. I've had bosses like Michael. That behavior isn't so funny when it's actually real." He said I was being "momish."

Anonymous said...

I so agree --- I never "got" The Office, as I had asshole bosses and co-workers and it's not funny when it's actually real! As for "drinks" --- I make it a point not to socialize with the people I work with. A boundary I hold dear! /dawn