Things that have raised my hackles at work today
1. Having To Edit A 10-Page Document That Featured Capitalization Of Every Word In A Headline And Subhead, Even Though We Have Created Thousands Of Pieces Of Collateral For This Client And They Have NEVER ONCE Done This. Also, This Treatment Is Not In The Guidelines I Dutifully Update Every Week To Put On The Server For Everyone To Obviously Ignore, Dammit.
2. The air conditioning. Look, I know some work places do not have air conditioning, and I respect that, but apparently I sit directly beneath the airflow pattern of our Cryogenic 5000™ and it is freezing. (I even have paper stuffed into the vent and it does not deter the arctic air AT ALL.)
3. The voice of a certain coworker. A coworker who is supposed to be on vacation today yet inexplicably showed up at work nonetheless. First, he yakked loudly on his cell phone for 15 minutes about being at work, and now he has been holding countless meetings right outside my work space, talking constantly while the other attendees nod mutely in agreement. SHUT UP.
4. Being at work.
5. The knowledge that Jason’s having an even crappier workday.
Damn hackle raising work places. Does it help to know that today is in fact actually really completely Friday?
Comment by Emily — June 20, 2008 @ 11:29 am
I always wondered about that expression, so of course I had to go and look up “hackles.” Evidently they are the hairs on the back of an animal’s neck. Now I know…
Comment by My Buddy Mimi — June 20, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
Ya know, I capitalize each letter of my blog titles. I’m not sure why, now that I think of it.
I HATE vacationers who show up to work. NO ONE IS THAT IMPORTANT. GO. AWAY.
Comment by Tessie — June 20, 2008 @ 12:06 pm
Tessie, I normally don’t mind the capitalization, especially if it’s just a few words, but we were talking LONG headlines (15-20 words) – all capitalized. Thing had so much red ink on it when I was done, it looked like I slit my wrists over it.
Comment by Shauna — June 20, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
You have earned your weekend the hard way this week. Hope you have a good one!
Comment by Julie — June 20, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
They have the a/c on 70 in my office. And then everyone is like “Why do you have a heater? It’s 100 degrees outside!?
BECAUSE I AM NOT OUTSIDE FUCKERS. I am inside. Where you have the air on 70. I hate people.
Comment by slynnro — June 20, 2008 @ 1:01 pm
OMG, trade with me. It is so hot at my desk..my desk thermometer says 77 degrees!
One of the girls who works with me has one of those voices that goes right through you. And she says asinine things such as “Holy chees and rice batman!!!” and an example from today, “Son of a monkey!!”
Comment by Saly — June 20, 2008 @ 1:04 pm
i am RIGHT UNDER THE VENT too. i keep a long-sleeve hooded sweatshirt at work and still have to repeatedly sit on my hands to get circulation back into them. HAAATE.
Comment by Alice — June 23, 2008 @ 2:11 pm