Comments | yflyn: The Return of the Evil Sidekick

yflyn

The Return of the Evil Sidekick

Apr 14, 2003 15:44

There's this newbie who has just started work at my company. He belongs in another department, but due to space constraints, he is seated in the same room as me. Now I normally think newbies are rather reserved in the first few days at least, when they're still finding their feet. But this one just plonked himself down among us, and began talking. ( Read more... )

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ngader April 14 2003, 01:14:10 UTC

LOL. Your Motormouth colleague sounds awful!

My grandmother has been asking about babies. I haven't even been married a month!!!
Hahaha. I am sure that Mel will emphathise with you on this issue.

These days I keep recalling how an ex-colleague of mine used to say that if work sucks, the best we can do is to have a good social/personal life, and to improve the areas of your life which you have control over.
I can't agree more. BUt on the other hand, I think I swould like to earn some private and quiet time too. I think I haven't been doing that a lot. Just to get some direction in life, kind of.

And $11 bucks for Lucky is exorbitant! Isn't Borders suppose to have mags for cheaper???

yflyn April 14 2003, 01:24:05 UTC

Borders mags are not cheaper. The cheapest in town for imported mags is Kino. I lurve Kino - it's a much nicer place to shop in than Borders, which reminds me of a supermarket.

And what you said about some quiet time for personal reflection and to gain some sense of the direction in which our life is heading - I definitely agree. Maybe all this signals a mid-20s crisis...

Re: ngader April 14 2003, 01:26:46 UTC

it's called : QUARTER LIFE CRISIS

bleah....

mel_24 April 14 2003, 02:17:08 UTC

Your motormouth colleague deserves a good kick up his ass. I think God put such people in our worlds to test our patience (ie: my father-in-law). I would be sorely tempted to slap him myself.
And yes, my mom-in-law's been asking when we are going to have our traditional wedding (we've told her many times that the answer is NEVER), and when we are going to have kids (she can't wait to inflict her cantonese cuisine on my poor offspring). Anyway, i totally know how it feels - you have my sympathies.
I like Kino too! It's so much less claustrophobic than Borders (ie: you don't get shoved around by psychotic women rushing for the latest issue of Elle) and the mags are far, far cheaper. Borders is a rip-off and mag-browsing there isn't even fun.

placeboweek April 14 2003, 09:37:31 UTC

Your new evil sidekick sounds like a nightmare! We should set up our evil sidekicks on a date and they can talk each other to death. :)