Peace and Quiet

4 May 2007 by Two Crazy Dogs

At last, she’s in an office.

We need to get a cake to celebrate!

We don’t have to listen to her loud conversations anymore. Conversations that sounded so condescending.

“LISTEN TO ME.”
“NO, YOU CANNOT DO THAT…. NO YOU CAN’T! HUH!!”
“CAN YOU HEAR ME?”
Yeah, we can hear you loud and clear, clear across 4 offices away.

We don’t have to listen to her shouting from her cube to couple of cubes next to her or across her.

“ABC, ARE YOU READY FOR COFFEE?”
“ABC, ARE YOU THERE?”

We don’t have to listen to her telling her husband or her kids what to do.

“ARE YOU PICKING ____ UP? ….WHY NOT?”
“YOU HAVE TO FINISH YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE I GET HOME.”

I’m so glad she‘s out of our area. This co-worker of mine whom I shall call Ms. Patronizing, can never talk or speak in a softer tone. Her volume is constantly set on high. Ever since I have started with this company, she is always sitting at a close proximity within my work area. The only one time I don’t have to listen to her was when I moved to the new File Room on the third floor. I was all by myself. Happiness was short lived. I moved out from the File Room after a year to a cube which was two cubes away from her. I could hear every single word in her conversations. Conference calls and Webex sessions were the worst. Sometimes other colleagues of mine would stand up, look at each other, and shake our heads.

When we knew she was going to move to an office, we were counting the days for when she will move to her office and shut that damn door.

Now, we are hoping she won’t yell from her office to speak to her co-workers 2 cubes outside her office.

5 comments to “Peace and Quiet”

  1. aiyah nonya:
    Hahaha…I know what you mean.
    Oops….sound abit like me too. I guess we are just so bloody use to going after our kids.
  2. aiyah nonya:
    Better lower down my voice…..shh…. :)
  3. aiyah nonya:
    Am I making too much noise ? :)
    A big pest !
  4. 2crazydogs:
    You big pest??? Your’s is nothing. Tell you, this voice is like a loud speaker, and the way she talks is like she knows it all. I am not the only one who feels that way. Can you imganie sitting in the same area having to hear that for 8 hours? I’m always glad when she leaves town - gives us a breather.
  5. aiyah nonya:
    Yes it can be very irritating. Sure glad I am not in that working environment anymore.

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