Questions
I am cranky today, so everything is annoying to me.
I did not get to see Doug this weekend, because I wanted to stay home and recover, not to mention I have to get all of my receipts in order to file my tax return. Doug sounded like he was ticked off at me, as we hung up our phone call last night. I asked him several times if everything is okay, which is pointless, since he is a man, and he said everything is fine.
The question I have is this: Can two people ever be happy at the same time in a relationship?
It always seems that he is content when I am not and vice versa.
Why do the people I work with send me an e-mail, but turn around and call me seconds later to ask me the same question they asked in their e-mail? I do not even get time to attempt to respond, before the phone rings and my co-worker on the other end is like, "Did you get my e-mail?" I want to be like, "Dude, I have an idea that will save you some time. Why don't you just call me next time and ask me your question, instead of taking the time to type it out? Better yet, why don't you give me a friggin' chance to respond to your e-mail? Do you think that I might actually be busy responding to another person's e-mail, or answering someone else's question over the phone? No, I wait all day for you and only you to e-mail me. I yearn for your e-mails. I cannot get any of my work done, until I have heard from you. Yes, I do actually do work and my job is not just responding to your asinine e-mails. Imagine that!"
This leads into the next question which is a question that I know co-workers ask, because they want to seem polite. This question is the "Are you busy?" question.
Co-workers ask this question not to see if I am busy, rather they ask it because they want an instant answer to a question and cannot wait for me to get off the phone or respond to their e-mail. I will be on the phone, doing data entry, or running back and forth between the fax machine and my desk, and I will at least look busy. My co-workers will see me flying back and forth and answering the phone, yet they still come up to me and ask, "Are you busy?"
My response is, "Always." I would like to respond with, "Why do you ask me if I am busy? Of course I am busy, but it's not like it matters to you whether or not I am busy, because you have interrupted me anyway and I know you will not go away, even if I do say I am busy. You obviously do not have either the patience or the manners to call me first or send me an e-mail to see if I am available, rather you simply show up and do your cute little 'knock, knock' on my cubicle wall and put me on the spot by asking me if I am busy, so I will look like the rude bitch if I say, 'Yes. Yes I am busy, as a matter of fact. Now, go away and e-mail me your question.' It is just easier for the both of us if I say I am available. I could pretend to ignore you, but you will just stand behind me and I will have to listen to you breathing over my shoulder, until I acknowledge you."
Would it not be more polite to say, "I am sorry to interrupt you," instead of just about wetting your panties while you stand over my shoulder, waiting for me to get off the phone?
That is all.
I did not get to see Doug this weekend, because I wanted to stay home and recover, not to mention I have to get all of my receipts in order to file my tax return. Doug sounded like he was ticked off at me, as we hung up our phone call last night. I asked him several times if everything is okay, which is pointless, since he is a man, and he said everything is fine.
The question I have is this: Can two people ever be happy at the same time in a relationship?
It always seems that he is content when I am not and vice versa.
Why do the people I work with send me an e-mail, but turn around and call me seconds later to ask me the same question they asked in their e-mail? I do not even get time to attempt to respond, before the phone rings and my co-worker on the other end is like, "Did you get my e-mail?" I want to be like, "Dude, I have an idea that will save you some time. Why don't you just call me next time and ask me your question, instead of taking the time to type it out? Better yet, why don't you give me a friggin' chance to respond to your e-mail? Do you think that I might actually be busy responding to another person's e-mail, or answering someone else's question over the phone? No, I wait all day for you and only you to e-mail me. I yearn for your e-mails. I cannot get any of my work done, until I have heard from you. Yes, I do actually do work and my job is not just responding to your asinine e-mails. Imagine that!"
This leads into the next question which is a question that I know co-workers ask, because they want to seem polite. This question is the "Are you busy?" question.
Co-workers ask this question not to see if I am busy, rather they ask it because they want an instant answer to a question and cannot wait for me to get off the phone or respond to their e-mail. I will be on the phone, doing data entry, or running back and forth between the fax machine and my desk, and I will at least look busy. My co-workers will see me flying back and forth and answering the phone, yet they still come up to me and ask, "Are you busy?"
My response is, "Always." I would like to respond with, "Why do you ask me if I am busy? Of course I am busy, but it's not like it matters to you whether or not I am busy, because you have interrupted me anyway and I know you will not go away, even if I do say I am busy. You obviously do not have either the patience or the manners to call me first or send me an e-mail to see if I am available, rather you simply show up and do your cute little 'knock, knock' on my cubicle wall and put me on the spot by asking me if I am busy, so I will look like the rude bitch if I say, 'Yes. Yes I am busy, as a matter of fact. Now, go away and e-mail me your question.' It is just easier for the both of us if I say I am available. I could pretend to ignore you, but you will just stand behind me and I will have to listen to you breathing over my shoulder, until I acknowledge you."
Would it not be more polite to say, "I am sorry to interrupt you," instead of just about wetting your panties while you stand over my shoulder, waiting for me to get off the phone?
That is all.
posted by Jeni @ 12:33 PM
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