- Why is it that sh*t always hits the fan at work when I am in all day training or meetings? WHY WHY WHY. I was just in Rosemont (by ORD) for two days of training with coworkers and clients, and geesh, several *urgent* high-level requests came in. Like, head of my organization requests. I just want to sit and focus on training. Sigh. The good news is the head of the organization was also at the training so I could talk to them about it.
- Other two day training comments:
- It’s so hard for me to be on, around other people, with no breaks, from 8-5. I want time to myself, besides going to the bathroom.
- I wore wedges the first day and they tore blisters on to the tops of several of my toes. Fun fun. So then my flats hurt the next day because they were rubbing against them and I forgot Band-Aids. Sigh.
- A necklace I really like and get a ton of compliments on broke on the second day of the conference (see photo below). This has just been a week.
- I brought a salad to eat for lunch and one of my coworkers made a nasty face at it (and made a verbal comment, then repeated it the next day). Sigh. It’s never okay to comment that way on what someone is eating.
- At least there was a Starbucks in the lobby of the hotel the training was in! Woo hoo! I got a chai one day and the Caramel Oatmilk Macchiato the next day.
- Sorry if you aren’t getting an emailed comment response from me – WordPress doesn’t send them all to me anymore, so I don’t have an email to respond to. I am too lazy to look into this.
- I’m trying acupuncture tomorrow! I’m excited!
- I’ve been doing quite a bit of journaling since I wrote this post. Yay!
Link to Random Thoughts Thursday 422
Ugh to your salad hating coworker. I’m guessing that this person did not recently have the life experience of realizing they were lifting the same amount of weight that they had lost in the gym.
OMG! That you for making me laugh and feel good about myself. They must not have!
You’re the best <3
I totally relate to not wanting to be around people for 8+ hours. Those days are completely exhausting for me and I could not do this on a daily basis. I love having a desk job where I can just be by myself. LOL
WHY would someone comment on your lunch choice? UGH. Mind your own business.
I am so sorry about your favorite necklace. Is it fixable?
Right?! One day of that is ENOUGH! In two weeks I have 3 in office days in a row, eek for our all hands. Send help.
Also, RIGHT?!
Thanks! It could be! I saved the beads!
I’m sorry it’s been a rough week for you! Blisters are the worst… and to have to continually deal with them throughout the training? Ack. You’re a pro!
And yes, nobody should ever comment on someone else’s lunch choices, unless it’s to tell you how good it looks/smells.
Thank you!
Right! That is what I say – that is the only appropriate comment – that looks good, and yum!
Oh, man. Comments on what someone is wearing, eating, or reading are out of bounds. I hope you gave them the death stare. Or, you know, offered them some. 😉
And also… why is it that there are days when the (relatively minor) annoyances seem to pile up? Any one of those things would have been frustrating; that they all happened in such close succession makes it 10x worse.
I told them it was completely different than the meat version, but I really should have asked why they felt like they needed to comment at all!
That seems to be most work days for me lately so I wonder if it’s a me thing, ha!