So, you’re at work (I apologize) and you are doing something that is a required task, but that you absolutely hate to do, like, for instance, opening and sorting mail. Then a tragedy occurs, like you get a painful paper cut from said mail. You are injured. And you are grouchy.
Do you ever want to just grab what mail you have left to open, walk it in to whoever assigned the task to you, dump it on his or her desk, and say “I accept only one maiming per day and I’ve met my quota,” then walk out as if you haven’t done anything rebellious or bizarre?
Maybe it’s just me.
January 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
riley, is everything ok? did someone give you a paper cut and this your way of passively flipping them off?
January 15th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Yes, indeed, I was on the receiving end of a paper cut. In fact, that place is like a minefield of paper cut opportunity.
But fear not! I did some active flipping off before I resorted to passivity.