Monday Morning Conversation
Me: “Morning.”
Sarcastic Colleague: “Morning.”
Me: “How are you?”
Sarcastic Colleague: “Very well. Excellent. Everything’s just great.”
Me: “OK…”
Sarcastic Colleague: “I must say that’s very perceptive for a man.”
Which I took offence to because I didn’t make any perceptions, and I wasn’t doing anything from a male perspective. Or middle class or white, either. So I’m all like…
Me: “I must say that’s very sexist for a woman.”
And she’s like…
Sarcastic Colleague : “Don’t OK? Just don’t. I’ve had three hours sleep and I do no want the stress, OK? Don’t go there and back off.”
And I’m all…
Me: “Hey, I’m not exactly a morning person either.”
And I walked off to make a coffee. You see that? Coffee. Typical man.
A shitty morning.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:23 am
Monday mornings can be dangerous. I try to avoid the phrase “How are you?” until after 10am.
In fact, this very morning, at 8:58am, I bumped into the postman outside the front door of the office.
“Morning.” I said
“Morning.” Said he. “How are you?”
“Good.” I replied, and went indoors.
Look and learn, son, look and learn.
February 13th, 2006 at 9:25 am
poor guy.
but mondays are always craptacular …
February 13th, 2006 at 11:38 am
I think just this once, there should perhaps be a lifting of the blanket “do not accuse a woman of PMS” rule. Because whether or not she is suffering from hormonal distress, she really deserves some random sexism.
Hope the coffee helped, at any rate.
Also, I’m borrowing your posh lyrics exercise. Thanks for the inspiration!
February 13th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
I dunno. If I’d only had three hour’s sleep and got grilled to near-death by someone first thing in the morning, I’d be a bit snippy, myself. ESPECIALLY before coffee.
Ah screw it. She was being all pissy. Wasn’t YOUR fault she didn’t get any sleep.
February 13th, 2006 at 4:39 pm
they’re all bastards … except for you and me !
February 13th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
full moon?
February 14th, 2006 at 7:53 pm
I’d have smacked her.
February 15th, 2006 at 11:00 am
nothing better that one day after another day ; ))