And this is how you blow someone off…
March 24th, 2009
Certainly not in the way any pervys might be thinking, mmm’kay?
Based on the last two posts, I’ve been at work for pretty much 48 hours straight with the exception of about five hours of sleep as you might have read here and here. Right about the end of my second day, one of the “wolves” decides to spend a bunch of time talking with the curmudgeon about our department. The curmudgeon goes on to glorify how great *he* is and how much *he’s* done. Typical for him, yes. I just sat on the other side of the cube wall (yes, he’s *also* in a cube), listening and hoping he wouldn’t say anything too exaggerated or enough to mess the rest of us up. The kicker, however, is when he introduced the wolf to me and asks him “have you ever met Grumpy Tech before?” to wit the wolf replied that he did, of course, yesterday. (Now, Curmudgeon, have you forgotten that you were here for about 30 minutes yesterday and bailed right before the big meetings started because you had to attend a personal gathering which, in your words is “much more important than being here”? Hell, it’s your paycheck, Dude.)
The kicker: the wolf asks *me* for a local printer for him and the rest of the wolves. I just smiled kindly and told him I’d be leaving in a few minutes as I have class to attend but that the curmudgeon would be *more* than happy to assist.
Why is the back of my head getting warm?
