It would have been kinder if they had just fired me.

So because one one stupid joke I sent to my mother from work, I have been put back on the phones ( Read more... )

I'm currently really glad that my desk is in a corner facing away from everyone, because I'm sitting here with tears, that I can't stop, falling on my keyboard.

There was a time when I really enjoyed a debate, crossing swords of logic with an opponent - and I was really good at it. But in the last few years every time  an argument comes up I either ( Read more... )

Discussion in the office today around a ex-coworker:

A: Hey, do you remember SF?
Me: Yeah.
A: I just found out he got married and has a kid! Isn't that wierd!?
O: SF? Really?
M: Oh my god, really? *hysterical laughter*
Me: Wow, that's weird.
O: I know! I can't believe anyone would sleep with him!
M: Oh much less have his spawn! Do you remember that weird ( Read more... )

I've been reading a book called 'The Reader' which is about a second-generation German boy and it asks the question of what is his generation's responsibility to the sins of their parents. Meaning, how should they act with the knowledge of what their parents did during the Nazi era? It is an excellent book, but it doesn't answer this question - and ( Read more... )

The pilot is my dad.

I had to call my mum and tell her. I never want to have to do that again. More than 24 hours later, I'm still shaking from shock and moments away from tears.

I'm confused though. Because really, I don't feel afraid, I don't feel lucky, I don't feel relieved. I don't feel happy that we dodged the proverbial bullet. I just feel... ( Read more... )

Picked up a prescription for my Effexor this evening. Pharmacist assitant proceeded to give me a 10 minute long spiel on how I should be taking 10mg of this particular fish oil a day to help with 'mental alertness' and that her daughter did and now she's off the nasty nasty drug and is flying unicorns over rainbows and climbing mount everest ( Read more... )

You left the fridge door open while you mixed your coffee (it's an Indian thing - mix instant coffee with a little bit of water to dissolve it, then fill it with milk and microwave it.) and I closed it. You already had the milk out, you were going to be a few minutes. I didn't say a word even though you were wasting energy needlessly in these times ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to zman923 !

Enjoy your day!

1. Dear Co-Worker ( Read more... )