The Knives Come Out (426 hits)
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Submitted by Kiddo (View user info) at 2006-02-07 11:38:35 EST
So far, the day's been OK. The two lunatic women that work opposite me have basically been keeping it down, which is good. It's hard to concentrate when the two of them start shrieking at each other about God-knows-what (it's Swiss German, I don't understand the dialect) or bellowing into the phone.
It's not really their fault. It's the fault of the dumbasses who thought nothing of seating software developers next to people whose job it is to be on the phone all day.
I wish I could mind my own business but it's hard to ignore them. The one directly opposite me is just phenomenally bitchy, she chats to whoever passes by, and moments after they've left she just lays into them, says just the most awful, awful things about them. The knives come out. It's fascinating how vicious she can be.
I saw her leaving work last night. It was dark, freezing cold. She was cutting across the square outside, with her head down, walking fast, trying to avoid the snow.
She must hate herself.
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Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-02-07 12:44:13 EST (#)
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Radiohead - Knives Out
I want you to know
He's not coming back
Look into my eyes
I'm not coming back
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Don't look down
Shove it in your mouth
If you'd been a dog
They would have drowned you at birth
Look into my eyes
It's the only way you'll know I'm telling the truth
So knives out
Cook him up
Squash his head
Put him in the pot
I want you to know
He's not coming back
He's bloated and frozen
Still there's no point in letting it go to waste
So knives out
Catch the mouse
Squash his head
Put him in the pot
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-02-07 12:06:07 EST (#)
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Submitted by thinning_temples (user info) at 2006-02-07 12:01:45 EST (#)
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The other developer and I started wearing ear plugs. It feels dumb, and it's irritating to have to whip them out when the phon rings, but it's the only way we can concentrate around here. When the two of them get going, it's like trying to work in an aviary full of demented budgies.
Anyway, last Friday, the women found out. It's been quiet since then. Eerily quiet. Storm coming.
Office politics, boy. This stuff is high drama.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-07 11:41:03 EST (#)
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Do you want some cheese with that whine?
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2006-02-07 11:40:21 EST (#)
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In the popularity contest that is life, you lose!
Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2006-02-07 11:39:56 EST (#)
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Office gossip?