The Gaggle
Once more, I find myself moved to write about my irritating coworkers. Perhaps it’s because I’ve nothing better to write about, or perhaps I just want my readers (all four of you) to share in my pain.
Allow me to introduce you to “The Gaggle”, otherwise known as the “Reproducers”. This flock of females, currently numbering three (but have been counted as high as seven at once), are the expectant mothers of the office. I have to admit, they might not bother me as much as they do if I could ever join their ranks; at the moment however, I want to shoot them all.
I grow weary of listening to talk float over my partition wall about morning sickness, swollen feet, eating habits and baby names. I want to throttle the next person that says “my child will never… (Fill in the blanks)”. We ALL know that everyone’s child will eventually do exactly what it is you claim they never will. It’s a fact of life, Murphy’s Law if you will.
I think it’s insensitive as well as unprofessional to spend you entire day comparing notes about your pregnancies. Especially the one who is only 8 weeks along and has declared this to “be the worst pregnancy ever”. OMFG! Give it a rest. Those of us who would give our eye teeth to have morning sickness and sore boobs, as long as they resulted in a child, DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT!
Well, back to work. At least the “Psst Pest” has gone for the day so I can live in relatively uninterrupted frustration for the next hour and a half.
Allow me to introduce you to “The Gaggle”, otherwise known as the “Reproducers”. This flock of females, currently numbering three (but have been counted as high as seven at once), are the expectant mothers of the office. I have to admit, they might not bother me as much as they do if I could ever join their ranks; at the moment however, I want to shoot them all.
I grow weary of listening to talk float over my partition wall about morning sickness, swollen feet, eating habits and baby names. I want to throttle the next person that says “my child will never… (Fill in the blanks)”. We ALL know that everyone’s child will eventually do exactly what it is you claim they never will. It’s a fact of life, Murphy’s Law if you will.
I think it’s insensitive as well as unprofessional to spend you entire day comparing notes about your pregnancies. Especially the one who is only 8 weeks along and has declared this to “be the worst pregnancy ever”. OMFG! Give it a rest. Those of us who would give our eye teeth to have morning sickness and sore boobs, as long as they resulted in a child, DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT!
Well, back to work. At least the “Psst Pest” has gone for the day so I can live in relatively uninterrupted frustration for the next hour and a half.