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Thursday, April 05, 2007

One of the most annoying things about Mr. S is that he constantly tries to one-up me. If I say I have to take a break because I've been working for 16 hours and I'm exhausted, in hus mind it's a challenge. He seems to really get into it if I throw out a "challenge" when I've really just reached the end of my rope. For example:

Me: "You know, Mr. S, I really need to take just 10 or 15 minutes and go grab something at the grocery. We worked through lunch and I really need to eat something now that it's 4pm."

Him: "Oh. Hm. Well. Do what you need to do, I guess. I haven't eaten in four days." (he says this kind of thing about not eating all the time and I'm convinced it's completely bogus. He's not fat, but the way he claims to eat one or two bites of food every couple of days is ridiculous. I mean, he'd weigh like 60 pounds by now.)

Or:

Me: Now that we've been working for 14 hours, I really need to take a quick break--a walk around the building or something to stretch my legs. My back is starting to bother me from being in this chair so long."

Him: "Oh. You go ahead. My congenital spine problem is flaring up too, but I'll try to sot here and get some work done while you're gone."

Or:

Me: "Yeah, Mr. S, I'm going to have to call it a night. After all, it is 1:30 in the morning and you had me come in at 6:30 yesterday morning and I just really can't do anything meaningful or productive anymore. Let me go home and just get a few hours of sleep and I'll be back before the office opens."

Him: "Mmm. Right. Well, I basically never sleep, so I'll stay here and work feverishly into the night (yes, he really talks like this when he's not saying things like 'it is, because it wasn't was' and making up words like "recipotate") and we can pick up in the morning. I'll still be sitting here whenever you get back."

I don't know exactly why we're putting in such long hours right now, but it's really getting on my last nerve.
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The Bill from My Father: A Memoir
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He's like Lou Gossett, Jr. and you're Richard Gere.

(sadly)

When I picture him saying those things, he comes off so prissy.

What is that Ben Folds song...the battle of who could care less...only w/ Mr. S it is a different sort of "caring" less. He always cares the least.

Okay, one more song for the soundtrack. :)
- 4/5/2007 10:09 PM
- eFairy (message)
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PS, about your "currently reading" book...I heard that interview, too, about the bill from the dad. You know Captain Insano billed me in a similar fashion, a few years ago? It was before Steve and I were married. I guess that puts it at 7 or 8 years ago. Thusly, I feel no compulsion to read the book (just the same way I felt about A Child Called It), but I sympathized with the guy and was able to laugh about it, thinking of how far my mother has actually come since then. I went through ALL the same feelings that guy had, the counter-bill and everything.
- 4/5/2007 10:11 PM
- eFairy (message)
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I lived with someone like that for just about a year. It was all I could take. I admire your tolerance.
- 4/5/2007 10:14 PM
- PrimevalWench (message)
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it's crazy.
- 4/5/2007 10:50 PM
- strawberry14 (message)
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My office manager does that. We secretly keep a running score on who "wins" every conversation with her. It's kind of funny/sad though, because a lot of times her counters are not even relevant, like:

me: Gosh I'm hungry.

her: oh yeah, well try living with a four year old who still has temper tantrums because I won't let her watch Barney.

She's a nut-job.
- 4/6/2007 4:01 AM
- didntusedtobelumpy (message)
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'Congenital spine disorder'--that is hilarious.
- 4/6/2007 5:13 AM
- Daylily02 (message)
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i think keeping score is a funny idea, except you think that he will usually win... bc he's the boss! :)
- 4/6/2007 6:58 AM
- jerjonji (message)
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I'd NEVER quit your job! He's just too damn entertaining!

LMISS
- 4/6/2007 7:39 AM
- LittleMissCantBeWrongEver (message)
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Was he sitting there the next morning?

He's a freak.
- 4/6/2007 2:18 PM
- nevragn (message)
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All of that is classic text book manipulation, darling.
- 4/6/2007 5:01 PM
- Dippity (message)
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He's a a complete freakshow, I'm tellin ya, you are an amazing woman for not having buried him in the back yard...in a "trash" trash bag
- 4/6/2007 7:28 PM
- flibbertygibit (message)
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Next time he says that, ask him if he plannd to stay all night, why didn't he tell you to bring pjs...
- 4/7/2007 9:08 AM
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