Tina's Multiplyin'

I was listening to the radio this morning and they were talking about a company in Chicago that instituted a "no gossip" policy. Heavily punishable and can even lead to termination.

Man the entire patent department at GE would be on the chopping block if they ever adopted THAT policy.

OMG -- the GOSSIPING there was unlike anything I had ever seen. Seriously, it was like an art form.

And the woman who used to sit next to me in the cube farm (bless her heart) was one of the worst offenders. Which is why everyone thought I was "too quiet". My rule of thumb is, "No one will ever start gossip in the office with -- 'Tina said...'"

Every now and again I would slip and actually mention something about myself and it hit the rumor mill with lightening speed. I'm not kidding. It was the telephone game on crack.

For instance, I remember one time, I had just gotten into work -- it was 8-something in the morning -- my cube farm neighbor asked me if I was going down to the cafe to get breakfast and I said,

No, that's ok -- I forgot my money at home.

One minute later this other employee walks into her cube and I can hear them talking through the lovely grey "wall" and she says,

Oh, Tina needs money.

What in the bloody HELL was that??? Are you KIDDING me?? So I yelled back for her not to tell people that -- that it wasn't true.

Ok, it was true, but still, what the hell?

This is when I adopted the "keep your trap shut" policy -- and it follows me from job to job. If I want to gossip about people at work, I'll tell Jess.

...or ummm, you guys. lol

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Does anyone else think this is the sloooooooooooooooooooowest week in history???

Tomorrow I get paid, Friday Jess gets paid and -- let's just say -- we needed it about a week ago.

Come Friday at (roughly) 4:30 pm, I am ON vacation.

...and it couldn't come soon enough.

Luckily the office manager and my boss will be off on Friday -- which means I will be "Windows®" shopping for Krix-Miss -- at least as much as I can with this blasted firewall anyway.


Today's featured blog: CO-Grumpy Granny

I started reading granny's blog because she stopped on over here once quite a while ago now. She's a lesbian grandmother who's not afraid to let it all hang out about how annoying that can be. lol

I so get a kick out of her.

I'm totally gonna be a bloggin' granny someday. ;)




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