Comments on: Office Creep http://downinme.com/2007/07/30/office-creep/ “bad writing is characterized by obfuscation, showboating, narcissism, lack of a moral core, and style over substance." Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ani http://downinme.com/2007/07/30/office-creep/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Ani Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:03:00 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=86#comment-340 Camille: Give-a-shit level? Erm. I think I love you. :) Camille: Give-a-shit level? Erm. I think I love you. :)

]]> By: camille http://downinme.com/2007/07/30/office-creep/comment-page-1/#comment-339 camille Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:01:00 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=86#comment-339 Oh, the blind people with 20/20 vision. I know them so well. Somehow they seem to miss the bright flashing light signalling ones interest or give-A-shit level in the conversation at hand.<br/><br/>Green - Yes go ahead, I am mildly interested in the consistency of your nephews excretement.<br/><br/>Orange - I'm mostly non-plussed about the tiny wart on the end of your index finger which had to be burnt off on Saturday.<br/><br/>Red - If you tell me one more time about the colour scheme in your guest bathroom I will stab my very sharpened pencil in your eye.<br/><br/>Hmmm, what was that about being twisted Ani? Oh, the blind people with 20/20 vision. I know them so well. Somehow they seem to miss the bright flashing light signalling ones interest or give-A-shit level in the conversation at hand.

Green - Yes go ahead, I am mildly interested in the consistency of your nephews excretement.

Orange - I’m mostly non-plussed about the tiny wart on the end of your index finger which had to be burnt off on Saturday.

Red - If you tell me one more time about the colour scheme in your guest bathroom I will stab my very sharpened pencil in your eye.

Hmmm, what was that about being twisted Ani?

]]> By: Ani http://downinme.com/2007/07/30/office-creep/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Ani Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:47:00 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=86#comment-338 Bohémienne: Yes, unfortunately certain people are really crap at reading the signs, aren't they? Bohémienne: Yes, unfortunately certain people are really crap at reading the signs, aren’t they?

]]> By: bohémienne http://downinme.com/2007/07/30/office-creep/comment-page-1/#comment-337 bohémienne Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:24:00 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=86#comment-337 You've just described most of my life, in and out of the office. Just keep my head down, and my fingers moving, and maybe they'll leave me alone. You’ve just described most of my life, in and out of the office. Just keep my head down, and my fingers moving, and maybe they’ll leave me alone.

]]> By: Ani http://downinme.com/2007/07/30/office-creep/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Ani Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:37:00 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=86#comment-336 Let's run away and become the eccentric, alcoholic darlings of the literary world, penning shit poetry and impenetrable prose in the wee hours of all hours and make senseless, useless things and call them art forever.<br/><br/>Yes, where are my headphones? Let’s run away and become the eccentric, alcoholic darlings of the literary world, penning shit poetry and impenetrable prose in the wee hours of all hours and make senseless, useless things and call them art forever.

Yes, where are my headphones?

]]> By: An Unreliable Witness http://downinme.com/2007/07/30/office-creep/comment-page-1/#comment-335 An Unreliable Witness Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:28:00 +0000 http://downinme.com/?p=86#comment-335 Thank you for so eloquently describing what is very likely to be my Monday in the office.<br/><br/>After nine and a half years worth of enquiries about what I did at the weekend, and then having to listen to exciting tales of what <i>they</i> did, I am just about ready to scream and bite their heads off.<br/><br/>Headphones on, then ... Thank you for so eloquently describing what is very likely to be my Monday in the office.

After nine and a half years worth of enquiries about what I did at the weekend, and then having to listen to exciting tales of what they did, I am just about ready to scream and bite their heads off.

Headphones on, then …

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