I got scolded at work today. One of my bosses, Gerry, asked me to spend less time talking to my cow-orker Jonathan. The funny thing is that I don't spend too much time talking to him. I stick my head in his cube like twice a day. Everybody else spends exponentially more time with him than I do. It was surreal:
G - I need you to spend less time in Jonathan's cube.
M - Huh? I don't spend very much time there at all.
G - Yes, you do.
M - Really?
G - Yeah. And I know how Jonathan is. If you interrupt him it takes him forever to get back on task. I know you two get along exceptionally well but I really need him to stay focused. Ann has told me that I (meaning himself) have to do the same sometimes.
I felt like one of Gerry's kids. HA! Gerry's kids. Just got that. Anyhow, I'm dwelling on it because, well, that's what I do. The punchline is that if I ever go over there and Jonathan is concentrating on code I go away immediately. Dumb.
You didn't want to know. But I wanted to share. So there...
Posted by mikewolf at July 25, 2002 07:50 PMWhat's a cow-orker? I'd have to stop & talk to one too!
Posted by: Erika on July 25, 2002 08:08 PMWhat's a cow-orker? I'd have to stop & talk to one too!
Posted by: Erika on July 25, 2002 08:08 PMFrank & I were just looking further back and I see that I'm just a dumbass and cow-orker is some hip term I didn't know. I'm getting old, old, OLD :(
Posted by: Erika on July 25, 2002 09:50 PMFrank & I were just looking further back and I see that I'm just a dumbass and cow-orker is some hip term I didn't know. I'm getting old, old, OLD :(
Posted by: Erika on July 25, 2002 09:50 PMHA! Actually it's so hip that no one knows it... I believe that it's origins lie with one Mark Schnitzius who may or may not lurk around here from time-to-time.
Posted by: MRW on July 25, 2002 10:16 PMHA! Actually it's so hip that no one knows it... I believe that it's origins lie with one Mark Schnitzius who may or may not lurk around here from time-to-time.
Posted by: MRW on July 25, 2002 10:16 PMRemember how easy it was to distract Ed Hinck at his desk? We could just wander in and make "whooooo"ing sounds like the wind coming through his windows. He'd giggle like a schoolgirl for hours! -k
Posted by: Kirsten on July 26, 2002 04:55 PMRemember how easy it was to distract Ed Hinck at his desk? We could just wander in and make "whooooo"ing sounds like the wind coming through his windows. He'd giggle like a schoolgirl for hours! -k
Posted by: Kirsten on July 26, 2002 04:55 PMKirsten -
Oh - my - god. I laughed about that comment for 10 minutes straight. My cow-orkers think I'm insane. Yes! That was always the best.
Kirsten -
Oh - my - god. I laughed about that comment for 10 minutes straight. My cow-orkers think I'm insane. Yes! That was always the best.