Cracking up at the office
Aug. 9th, 2004 12:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusWhat is it about the blunt truth that makes people crack up?
The Finance Manager just cracked up when I calmly described a week's worth of effort on my part (digging through folders and researching detailed cost analysis) as "Useless."
Last week I told the Accounting person that "I went through those files, did all of 2003. Then I needed to sit down." She burst out laughing.
I described in chat how someone complained to me, saying my Percy isn't all like theirs so they didn't know if I ever read their stories. I told them, yes, I had read their stories, and no, I didn't like them.
Another time someone was irritated with some copies I made: "why is there a line through this?" -- "Because it's a shitty copier." She stopped cold. Nodded. And said, "It is a shitty copier." Then told her manager, who laughed for several days.
I have no point. I'm just making observations. *blinks*
The Finance Manager just cracked up when I calmly described a week's worth of effort on my part (digging through folders and researching detailed cost analysis) as "Useless."
Last week I told the Accounting person that "I went through those files, did all of 2003. Then I needed to sit down." She burst out laughing.
I described in chat how someone complained to me, saying my Percy isn't all like theirs so they didn't know if I ever read their stories. I told them, yes, I had read their stories, and no, I didn't like them.
Another time someone was irritated with some copies I made: "why is there a line through this?" -- "Because it's a shitty copier." She stopped cold. Nodded. And said, "It is a shitty copier." Then told her manager, who laughed for several days.
I have no point. I'm just making observations. *blinks*
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Date: 2004-08-12 01:16 pm (UTC)I don't. But, it is rude.
I suspect that other people just aren't being straight with you. Every time I've heard of someone asking another person to unfriend them (which is relatively rare and always for personal reasons), people make polite noises in their journals and then bitch to their friends, "clearly unable *snark, snark, snark." I hate that shit. I'd rather just tell you the truth.
Icarus
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Date: 2004-08-12 03:55 pm (UTC)i apologize for the rudeness, i tried to be as polite about it as possible. but sitting back and looking at my info page and going 'god, i wish it didn't look like that,' isn't that much fun either.
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Date: 2004-08-12 08:36 pm (UTC)Icarus