“Grow Up!” or When it’s Beyond Your Issues

Without getting into too many details and hopefull not being too vauge, there’s major weighty stuff going on in StephanieLand.
I’ve never been close with my father’s side.  It’s not for lack of trying (on my part) but with the exception of my uncle in California (who is actually cool) and my uncle in Ohio (who [...]

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Two Notes to Fellow Gym Patrons

Dear Woman Two Treadmills Over,
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TALK SO LOUD ON YOUR CELL PHONE?!?!
I had to turn my iPod up to drown you out, not once, not twice, but THREE TIMES because you were trying to talk over the noise of your fit legs and feet stomping on the “superquiet” surface.
I understand that [...]

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Bad Taste?

It is in bad taste to post a huge sign by the coffee maker:
If it is before 10am, please make another pot of coffee.
I just got out of a headache inducing meeting (though I do feel WICKED smart) and I just want a FREAKING CUP OF COFFEE and there’s none.
WHO DOES THAT?!!?!
(sorry about the coffee [...]

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Dear Fellow Office Inhabitants

Dear Fellow Office Inhabitants,
It is 9:15am.
Will someone please explain to me why the coffee pot is empty?  Not only is it empty, it’s been rinsed out as if no one else will be drinking coffee today.

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How to Piss Me Off: At Work

(if you actually work with me and do any of these things, I’m sorry, it’s nothing personal…  And these are not necessarily current peeves.)

Use the last of the paper towels/coffee/copy paper/fax paper and don’t replace it
Leave faxes on the machine.  Especially those journal/transmission reports and obvious junk mail (”Go to Cancun for $0.12!!”)
Use a wet [...]

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… No, it Really Doesn’t…

I go to top off my coffee and there is half of a small cup.
Grumbling, I pour out my last-of-the-pot and proceed to make a new pot.
A co-worker walks up to me and comments, “Making another pot of coffee?”
I comment back, knowingly, “Yeah, whoever took the last cup didn’t leave enough for the next person, [...]

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And here I thought we were all adults

Since starting the prescription regime, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve been really mad… you know, so mad that I realize it… which used to be ALL THE TIME.
So there’s a new person around and they’re basically taking over the duties I took over when we had a shift in [...]

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