Agonotheta

Workplace Remarks

December 04, 2003

• » I am the thinnest person in my department. The scary thing is, I am a man and I'm taller. I think I should weigh more than them. Yet, every other person is overweight. This is somewhat interesting to me. I hope it doesn't happen to me after 20 years of employment here.
• » I drink far too much coffee. I started drinking coffee everyday this summer when I was working 12's and needed it to do my work. You programmers out there know what I'm talking about. I don't think I could have ever gotten through my CS classes without a goodly amount of the black stuff.
• » Our departmental secretary has gotten into the bad habit of wearing workout clothes to work at least a couple of days a week. You know the kind. The top matches the bottom and it makes that annoying swoosh sound with every step she takes. I know she does it for the comfort, not because she went jogging before work (See above).
• » When I am sick of hearing office noises, i.e. phones, typing, copiers, and of course people not working, I pop in my earbuds to my iPod to drown them out. I have done this in previous jobs, but it wasn't always for the same reason.
• » This time of year, I have a hard time concentrating, no matter how much work I have. No, its not Thanksgiving, Christmas, or the plethora of days off I'll have coming up. Alas, Lord of the Rings has got me by the balls. I already have tickets to the 12:01 show, and will be leaving work early that Friday to attend an afternoon showing with the entirety of the IT Department. What a geek!
• » As, I've stated before, I'm the webmaster of a school district. For some reason, I have been placed in the Library Media Department. Thus, I call the old ladies I work with "The Librarians."
• » The "Librarian" I share an office with is a really sweet lady. She smells like vinegar.