The Big Green House

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

 
Talking shit behind people�s backs is just a bad idea, kids. Take it from me. It�s one of the myriad reasons I left the theater � anybody not physically in the room was fair game. That got old really quick.

Over the course of the last two days, three different people (two clients and a co-worker) have tried to get me to badmouth various co-workers. This is a game I refuse to play, even if, as in at least one case this week, I agree with the disparagement. For one thing, I still have to work with the subject(s) of the attacks. I learned this particular lesson a long time ago: if you cap on co-workers, they will find out about it. Learned it a couple of times, actually. The last time, it finally sank in. Now, I keep that stuff to myself. Or, if I absolutely must vent, I do so to Science Girl, who is a great sounding board and also pretty patient with me while I�m blowing a gasket.

Also a bad workplace idea: fishing off the company pier. I learned that one the hard way, too. Benefit form my horrible mistakes, you young �uns. Do as I did with Science Girl: wait until the object of your desire quits, and then ask them out.

bmarkey 10/15/2003 07:19:00 PM