People have been in a very cheery mood here at the office, including myself. Great way to start off the new year. Last year sucked. There are a bunch of new partners, including Matt. We are all very proud. Not that I really had anything to do with it but I feel some pride associated with the whole thing because I am his secretary. He really is great. One of the good guys. And besides even after I leave here it would be nice to stay in touch. Always good to have a lawyer to call to bail you out. Plus he might know how to launder money or something like that. That might come in handy. One of these days, maybe even before I quit I will ask him and Andy what it is they actually do. I know it has something to do with conference calls and free lunches, but beyond that I can't call it.
Marge is annoying the shit out of me today. May she be well, but give me a break. It all had to do with the location of some boxes. I will spare you all the details that I unfortunately had to live through but it all ended with her storming off to lunch in a fuss and carrying on about how she should never have come in today. Well I second that. Then she threw something at her desk and went on about how upset she is. Well I am upset too. Because now I have a headache. All because of these boxes. Boxes that don't really matter. It wasn't even work related. So what if the boxes didn't make it there by 2:00pm?
She just went on and on about the mailroom this the mailroom that. My god woman! I kept saying "there is nothing you can do, there is nothing you can do. Go to lunch." But she was determined to stay at her post until the boxes arrived at the desired location. Then she freaks because she misses her lunch because of these kinds of things. No Marge you missed your lunch because you are a neurotic irascible woman with an anxiety disorder who gets all worked up about nothing.
I will be the first to admit, I can get worked up. But it is usually about something important, like Taboo or sports. Things I have a personal investment in. What does she give a fuck how long it takes to get the boxes there or how they get there? I mean as long as they get there. And honestly even if they didn't. An "oops" and "I'm sorry" is pretty much enough to get you out of any problem at this place. Whatever it is, it can always be bought again. She has worked here 26 years what does she think they are going to fire her because some boxes took too long to get delivered? And as I said before it wasn't even business related! Plus if you are going to get worked up about something at least get worked up about something that you can do something about. She is just endlessly annoying...ENDLESSLY.
To top it off some person sat at my desk and fucked up the cord on my phone. You know how it gets all wound up and hard to use? So I tried to do myself a favor and asked for a new one. But it wouldn't stay in the plug, it kept slipping out. So I asked for another one. Guess what? Still not working. It is really annoying. If I want it to work I have to literally hold the cord into the plug. This of course while holding the receiver and "taking a message." No one can understand anything I am saying. Of course the phone lady doesn't believe me. She gave me step by step instructions on how I am supposed to put the cord into the phone and wait to hear it click. Like I am some kind of idiot. Duh! She didn't really like the idea of sending me a new phone cord to begin with, I don't think I will be able to get a third one out of her. Well whatever. I just don't like being talked to like I am a child.
I also have had a craving for Mac & Cheese lately. The real kind. As I was falling asleep last night I was thinking "I gotta get that recipe." This morning low and behold two of the top five emailed articles at NYTimes.com were about Macaroni and Cheese. So now I have the recipe, all I need is to buy some cheese. All you vegans watch out.
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