-- This is Only for Now, by Charlotte Sometimes
One: My secondary boss-type lady (SBTL from here on out), the one I was convinced hated me at first but has been slowly warming up to me, is crazy. It’s a very long, very complicated story, but the gist of it is something like this:
- SBTL asks me to keep track of this flood of warranties that vendors are e-mailing to us.
- I decide to create a spreadsheet to organize the relevant data. Vendor name, product, date warranty was received, who sent it, etc.
- I show said spreadsheet to SBTL before she leaves, so she knows which vendors we have yet to hear from.
- SBTL calls me an overachiever.
- Cue massive WTF? moment, while I try not to shrivel up from the emotional cramping.
She said it like she was joking, but she wasn’t. The term “passive-aggressive” comes to mind. And yet, I still maintain that she abhors my very existence a little less every day. Okay, maybe every week. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.
Two: My giggly co-worker (we’ll call this one Giggly), who is basically spearheading the effort to integrate me into the circle, invited me to her birthday party this weekend. At a club. And I said I’d go. Let’s recap, shall we?
- I don’t really know any of these women, though they are all genuinely sweet to me.
- I’ve never been to a club, nor do I have any real desire to.
- Drinking is at the bottom of my fun scale. It’s the title of theirs.
Oh my, this will certainly be memorable. I am tentatively forecasting good stories when I return. :)
Three: I LOVE this job. It’s unreal how much fun I’m having. And I harbor no delusions about the fleeting nature of this feeling, but I’m going to enjoy it while I can. So I would like to take this opportunity to thank the gods of luck for the generosity they have bestowed upon me, yet again. *genuflects*
3 comments:
Your reaction to SBTL was a lot nicer than my (read: out loud) reaction to her response of "you're an overachiever."
Of course, mine was something along the lines of "you ____, I love spreadsheets, and you can't kill my love for them you ____."
I do love excel spreadsheets, by the way. LOVE THEM.
As for Giggly and the Club: what are you going to wear? I'd say a nice heel, but if you plan on catching these women, I'd go for a safer wedge. As for clothing, something that says "I'm having a good time with my co-workers, so please stop bringing your man parts near me, thanks."
What do you think?
I think I don't own anything that has such sophisticated vocabulary, is what I think.
Everything in my closet says one of two things:
A) I'm smart, not pretty. Deal with it.
--or--
B) Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.
1. Erin is both pretty and smart.
2. How did it go?
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