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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

I hate it when someone says something that is totally not what they meant, and then they blame me in a totally backhanded way. Such as:

Mr. S asked for name tags for a luncheon. He wanted me to use shipping labels and cut them down so there was no extra space.

It turns out that what he wanted was place cards to put on the table, not labels for the people to stick to their shirts (so why he asked for shipping labels, I don't know). He launched into his "I guess I need to be more articulate" speech, which is code for "you are obviously too stupid to understand what I mean." Which is true, because it was kind of like if he'd said he wanted me to change the toner in the copier, when what he really wanted was for me to fix a paper jam.

I am really, really on edge today. I feel like I've had about 400 cups of coffee and I haven't had any.
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I see the Christmas spirit has come up and bit him in the ass...
- 12/20/2006 3:02 PM
- Dippity (message)
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I just don't know how you do it. I would have hauled off and socked him long before this.
- 12/20/2006 4:56 PM
- nevragn (message)
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Maybe next time he can draw you a picture ... then you shove it up his yule log.
- 12/20/2006 5:40 PM
- Tom (message)
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all of the above.
- 12/20/2006 6:43 PM
- jersy_grl12 (message)
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I don't know HOW you do it...WHAT the feck would that man DO without YOU?

Yet. He DOES provide you with Entertainments...Heh.

LMISS
- 12/21/2006 7:17 AM
- LittleMissCantBeWrongEver (message)
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Yeah, he DOES need to be more articulate. What if you came back at him with that, very pointedly? I wonder how he'd react.

Do you get any vacation time for Christmas break?

Lynn
- 12/21/2006 8:48 AM
- bastetmax (message)
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More articulate or less of a jerk--either will do.
- 12/21/2006 10:20 AM
- madhousewife (message)
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i can't wait till you see the show so we can laugh about it.
- 12/21/2006 1:30 PM
- jersy_grl12 (message)
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Time to find a new job... come to Texas!
- 12/21/2006 3:44 PM
- robbie_caudle (message)
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so did you love it? trying to decide on my favortie part....the partial music download or marking his new girlfriend's arm....

got my mail. thanks.
- 12/22/2006 5:36 PM
- jersy_grl12 (message)
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holiday season stress time = SO not the time to deal with his everlasting bullshit
- 12/23/2006 12:52 AM
- route66 (message)
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