Years ago Adam and I went to my boss’ wedding. A typical Italian affair, there were hundreds of people invited and we knew about 10. While Adam and I were at the cocktail hour, we looked around for familiar folks to sit with and found no one. We pulled up to a table with guests already in place, we made a light introduction and began noshing on the pre-event fare. When I explained that we were guests at the wedding because I worked with the groom, everyone was surprised as it was said that everyone at the table also worked with the groom. This was not possible – me and the groom were like, two of 15 people in our office – and all of the faces at the table were unfamiliar! And well of course I didn’t know them, because they didn’t work with my boss – they worked with someone named Mark – and we then realized we had spent the entire hour in the wrong cocktail hour.
Unless you are the one leading a work conference call, it is likely that everyone else on the phone is multi-tasking. From doing other legit work, to looking at their text messages or scrolling through Facebook, it is as certain as the person who is trying to talk to everyone and realizes a few minutes after not being heard, that they are on mute. The lowest thing I ever did while on a conference call was pee in my office garbage can. I closed the door and just let it go. It was a two-hour call after consuming a 24 oz. bottle of Iced Tea. I had no choice. And no toilet paper but it was much easier to now pay attention to the conversation!
I have an online shopping addiction. Every day there is a package at my front door. When Adam started to get on my case, not understanding that sometimes it was so much easier to order tampons or mascara to the house versus taking the kids to the store, I started getting my deliveries to work. I loved it when my female colleagues would gather around to watch me open up my packages because I was squealing over something good like clothes or shoes or a new bag. One day when there was a stack five boxes high, someone new to working with me remarked that it felt like Christmas. A co-worker friend retorted that everyday of my life was like Christmas. Happy Everyday!
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