Puking in the Work-place RantOpus VII - by LesLucid
A lady threw up in the office at work today. She couldn't
have picked a better time. It happened at about 1:30 so she
was just beginning to digest her lunch. From the looks of
it, I guessed that she'd filled up on some kind of meat,
potatoes, and a salad. There were pinkish-brown meaty lumps
mixed in with whitish lumps. There were also soggy green
things and what may have been carrots. It looked like she
had milk, too, because it was all in this gooey, clear-
white, thick liquid. It was the perfect thing to do in
front of everyone just back from eating lunch themselves.
She couldn't have picked a better location, either. She let
fly in the middle of the main room, right in front of the
water cooler, in the middle of the secretary pool's desks.
Not only was she in the middle of all the secretaries but
also everyone in the surrounding private offices had a clear
view of her. About 60% of it went into a trash can but the
rest splattered on a table and onto the floor. It sounded as
if she was choking. Her heaving noises were loud and went
on for several minutes, making her the center of everyone's
attention.
Almost everyone came running out and surrounded her. "Are
you OK?" "Are you OK?" "Can I get you something?" "Let me
get you some paper towels." It was like a big show of
concern. I say "like" because under normal circumstances
the normal people I have to work with don't normally care
for anyone but their pathetic normal selves. There are
exceptions, but for the most part they are the usual
collection back-stabbing, ass-kissing, self-important,
incompetent, mean, narrow-minded, stupid, dull, foolish,
overbearing, boring, inferior, petty, ambitious,
insignificant baseboard churls that you find in the average
work-place. Great hard working americans making this
country what it is today. The concern seemed somehow out of
place and out of character. Like I say there are a few
exceptions, but then again, Yetis are everywhere, too,
though inconspicuous.
What happened, as I see it, was this. The lady who threw up
is new. She's only been there a few days and is under
pressure to "hit the ground running." Anyone who's been on
a job interview has probably heard that phrase before. I've
heard it on every interview I've had. "We're looking for
someone who can hit the ground running." Translation: "We
don't give a shit about you. There is no difference between
you and a piece of equipment. We're going to get our
money's worth out of you, and quick, or else. You get in
there and bust your ass or we're going to bust it for you."
I think she was under pressure to "come up to speed"
quickly. From my own experience, I'd bet she got very
little help and was probably not made to feel too welcome.
She was also probably trying to make a good first
impression. She sure did make an impression. Imagine how
she is going to feel from now on. No one else is going to
help her get over it either. I'll try to be friendly but
I'm not sure what to say. "How do you feel today?" sounds
like I'm asking her, "Are you going to give us another show
today?"
I don't know why it is but normal people go out of their way
to make life miserable for everyone including themselves.
This is most obvious in work situations but applies to life
in general. Having been out of college for quite a few
years and working most of that time, I've seen a lot of this
kind of thing. I don't mean to sound like Mr. Experience or
anything like that, but I have seen a good bit of it. I
can't figure out why normal people want things this way.
Actually, I've stopped caring that much, seeing that I can't
do much about it. And I can tell you, it's getting very
hard to balance the money I make, which is a lot, against
putting up with life among Them.
I especially like reading the ranting of young college
Yetis. I wonder what will happen to them should they ever
decide to pursue an occupation or work of any kind. They'll
be able to take care of themselves, I suspect. It all comes
down to something very simple. Either you're Yeti or you're
not. That's all there is to it. Am I right, my Brothers
and Sisters, am I right?
L.L.
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From: cuthulu@unicomp.net (Kevan Smith)
Subject: Re: Puking in the Work-place
leslucid@aol.com (LesLucid) wrote:
>Puking in the Work-place RantOpus VII - by LesLucid
No one else is going to
>help her get over it either. I'll try to be friendly but
>I'm not sure what to say. "How do you feel today?" sounds
>like I'm asking her, "Are you going to give us another show
>today?"
Give her some pills. That's right, give her some pills. It don't
matter what the pills are. Aspirin. Tylenol. Sugar. Just give 'em to
her and say, "Here. Everybody who works here is taking these, and I
figured somebody had allready told you, but I guess not. Take a few of
these every day, and you'll 'hit the ground runnin.'"
False slack is better than no slack, just as too much is the same as
not enough.
Radar Labs 23
It's a squirtin' universe
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From: jlyons@haven.ios.com (John)
Andrew J. Testa wrote:
: The entity known as John (jlyons@haven.ios.com) posted:
Cool! Always wanted to be an entity. I don't have to hang with Milne, do I?
: * Time for a new thread: Slang Terms for Throwing Up
: * Blow Chow
: * Blow Chunks
: * Rainbow Ralph
: * Toss Your Cookies
: * Technicolor Yawn
: * Talk to Ralph
: * Talk to Earl
: * Talk to Howard
: * etc.
: Ralph
: Boot
: Drivin' the bus
: Pray at the porcelain altar
: Makin' nasal condiments
: Feeding the carpet
: Heave a 'fridge
: etc.
Thunder Chunder
Upchuck
Lose your Lunch
Yark (my favorite)
Hurl
Spew
Retch
Barf
Whoopsie
(enough, I'm getting ill, why did I start this)
Toss your Pretty Woman
(hadda do it)
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| John | Has flung the Stone |
| jlyons@haven.ios.com | that puts the Stars to Flight |
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From: bdb@shadow.net (Doktor BoogieDown)
jlyons@haven.ios.com (John) wrote:
>Blow Chow
>Blow Chunks
>Rainbow Ralph
>Toss Your Cookies
>Technicolor Yawn
>Talk to Ralph
>Talk to Earl
>Talk to Howard
That would be an exceptional list, if flushed out further) for a User
data file with the RANT-O-MATIC 1.0 Beta. Anyone that didn't pick that up,
it was up on alt.binaries.slack not too long ago. if you didn't get it,
let me know. This is a pretty stable beta, but release will not be until
the end of April or so, as I'm switching platforms to Visual C++, for
cross-development with Windows and Windows 95.
I'm busting a nut on designing the SubGenius "Reality" Deprogramming Software
Suite, which will be all Windows driven, graphical interactive SlackTool(tm),
under the development head of me, and several other unforseen, but inevitable,
helpers, testers, graphical developers, etc...
It will most likely be on CD-ROM, as I figure the aggregate file mass will
exceed 200MB of SlackWare(tm).
This, is a TANGENT.
The Larch.
Doktor BoogieDown
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