What The Hell Just Happened
So, I'm sitting at work Friday evening, right around 5 o'clock when a co-worker walks by. This is the co-worker that starts out every single story with "I was working late the other night when..." or other similar variations. So, it's right about 5 o'clock and I'm working away trying to finish up so I can go home. I think she was looking for one of the women that sits in the cubes behind me, but I can't be sure about that detail. Anyway she spotted me on her way back to her cube and turns, "wow, your here late?!".
"Well, I came in a little late."
"I'm surprised, it's not fun being here late is it?" At this point I am certain there is a look of utter disgust on my face because I was disgusted and I'm horrible at hiding that face. At which point she exclaims that she loves my hair and the blonde highlights makes the dark brown look stunning.
"Thank you, thank you so much." She completely insulted me and by the end of the conversation I'm thanking her profusely. I have to admit I'm impressed. It's ingenious actually.
"Well, I came in a little late."
"I'm surprised, it's not fun being here late is it?" At this point I am certain there is a look of utter disgust on my face because I was disgusted and I'm horrible at hiding that face. At which point she exclaims that she loves my hair and the blonde highlights makes the dark brown look stunning.
"Thank you, thank you so much." She completely insulted me and by the end of the conversation I'm thanking her profusely. I have to admit I'm impressed. It's ingenious actually.
Wrapped up by Jolynn at
7:37 AM
5 Comments:
Think she could sense your disgust and tried her best to turn it around with a great compliment which shows she has class. :-)
By
Karen, at 11:42 AM, April 17, 2006
Have you ever noticed how the people who act all martyr-y about staying late and mention it at every chance to make everyone else feel guilty are often trying to cover up the fact that they aren't very effective and have trouble managing their time?
By
Marguerite, at 12:53 PM, April 17, 2006
How dare you work late on a Friday!! You know that only your coworker is supposed to do that so she can tell everyone how hard she works!! :-}
By
truckdriver_sefl, at 6:49 AM, April 18, 2006
People like that drive me nuts.
By
Beth, at 11:05 AM, April 18, 2006
How awful!
By
Jean-Luc Picard, at 12:11 PM, April 18, 2006
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