Here I am sitting at my cubicle minding my own and working on a couple of cases. A co-worker and friend (a friend that I actually confide in) takes this huge file...about 16 inches worth of paper...and slams it on her desk; which is directly opposite of mine on the other side of this 4.5 foot wall of cubicle fiberboard junk with what looks like ugly 1970's carpeting that the United States Government paid waaaaaay too much for. Well, when she slams the file on her desk, the following happens;
1) the force makes my keyboard literally bounce at least a quarter of an inch off MY desk
2) makes the picture I have hanging up of my mother fall...along with a painting I call "soapbox"
3) receive an e-mail from our head honcho stating that my supervisors mother just died
4) the song "Burn" by Ray Lamontagne starts playing from my iTouch
5) my GF tells me she is flying solo to a wedding that I originally was suppose to accompany her to
Now all this happens in the span of 7 seconds...but it felt like an eternity!
It is taking everything in me not to just break out and start crying. The slamming of the files pretty much triggered me into this state. Its nothing new either because she always slams files and we get e-mails all the time about co-workers family passing.
I then e-mail her (becuase she is a friend) and explain to her that her slamming the files "triggered" this emotional state inside of me and tried to explain it as best I could. She then replies not once but twice with different reasons why she does it...this after telling her that she didn't need to respond or reply and all I wanted her to do is understand and listen. And now its making me mad...
Anyway, I am just venting...it's either that or go sit in my car and cry for lunch. :(
alliz-rag
1) the force makes my keyboard literally bounce at least a quarter of an inch off MY desk
2) makes the picture I have hanging up of my mother fall...along with a painting I call "soapbox"
3) receive an e-mail from our head honcho stating that my supervisors mother just died
4) the song "Burn" by Ray Lamontagne starts playing from my iTouch
5) my GF tells me she is flying solo to a wedding that I originally was suppose to accompany her to
Now all this happens in the span of 7 seconds...but it felt like an eternity!
It is taking everything in me not to just break out and start crying. The slamming of the files pretty much triggered me into this state. Its nothing new either because she always slams files and we get e-mails all the time about co-workers family passing.
I then e-mail her (becuase she is a friend) and explain to her that her slamming the files "triggered" this emotional state inside of me and tried to explain it as best I could. She then replies not once but twice with different reasons why she does it...this after telling her that she didn't need to respond or reply and all I wanted her to do is understand and listen. And now its making me mad...
Anyway, I am just venting...it's either that or go sit in my car and cry for lunch. :(
alliz-rag
