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You know what pisses me off? The fact that I can’t get my work done because the person I NEED to talk to to proceed with my work is chatting with the woman who just got back from a three week vacation in Italy. They’re talking about the longest chair lift she’s ever been on, and the hikes they took, and the sights they saw, and they’re back to the chair lift. They’re on the other side of the "wall" from me, so I can hear everything they say. I went over there and interrupted them – by that I mean that they hushed up and looked busy when I came in their cube – and I told the woman I needed to talk to that I needed to talk to her about the next step in my work. She looked very concerned and assured me that she’d be right over. And as soon as I sat down, they went back to talking about Italy. Aaahhh!! Look, I got no problem with you two sitting around pissing away the company’s money while remember what it must have been like in jr high where you got to gossip with your girlfriends in hushed tones about what you did over the weekend. BUT… when your screwing around interrupts my productive work, you have to realize that you need to get over yourself, help me with my problem, and then go back to your conversation. Real work comes first. After that, it’s no longer my problem, and I don’t give a flying care what you do with your time, again, provided that it does not impact my work.
Is it considered wrong to walk over and just say "I’m sorry, but I have something work related to ask you about, and Italy will still be there when we get done?" this is seriously pissing me off. And as I sit here, slowly adding sentences, and listening to them talking, it’s just pissing me off more… this can’t be good for my health. If I die of a stress induced heart-attack today, please blame them.
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