I'll start with the office microwave lunch dilemma. So today at lunch I go to the microwave to heat my lunch and find that someone else's lunch has 18 seconds left on the clock, but no one is around waiting for it. The timer chimes and the microwave stops and still no one. Being the courteous and polite person that I am I wait there for oh say a good 2 minutes, take this person's food out and begin heating mine. Right as my lunch is finished heating the owner of the food I had taken out comes by and apologizes to me. Now, I have had instances where this has happened to me before and the reception I received was not as pleasant. The last time I remember it happening I had to try to reason with the person as to why I took their food out. Again I stood there and waited a few minutes. I stress I tried to reason with this person, but they received no apology from me. I'm sorry but you can't possibly so busy as to not have the time to stand by the microwave for two minutes while your food cooks. Even if you can't spare the two minutes, and you just have to walk away, then be back in two minutes to retrieve your food! I'd love to hear other stories from people. Is there an unwritten office rule to using the community microwave during lunch?
I'd also like to do a quick run-down of some news bytes I remember from listening to the radio on the way into work this morning:
- There was a report out saying that U.S. employers are expecting raises this year for employees around the 4% range, with bonuses for pay-for-performance programs bumping this figure up to 12%. My first year of working...I'll now know what to expect...
- Tommy Thompson has removed himself from the presidential race. I remember going to hear him speak earlier this year about his attempt to run for president. In my opinion, although I thought he was a good speaker, I didn't think that he was presidential material.
- The Boston Red Sox is losing its lead on division rival the New York Yankees. Now if you know me well enough you know that I pretty much despise the Red Sox mostly because I think the fan base is a bunch of whiners. Now don't get me wrong, I don't like the Yankees either, but if Yankees success means Red Sox failure then I'm all for it.
- And finally, the Washington Redskins won its first pre-season game. There will be much, much more discussion on this blog about the NFL season once it starts. I'll just say that it is great living in this area while not being a Skins fan. In fact, I would say that messing around with Redskins fans is a lot more fun than making fun of Boston Red Sox fans. Redskins fans are always so optimistic. "This is our year", "Superbowl-bound baby!". I remember the year that Joe Gibbs joined the team. It was like The Second Coming. Come on people, be realistic. And by realistic I mean 6-10 / 7-9. The same thing with Red Sox fans. The reason why your team didn't win the Series for 86 years was not because of "The Curse". It's because your team was never good enough to win it during those years. Face it. Stop whining. The worst part is that these people were even more obnoxious after the Sox won the Series a few years ago. Ok, one Series win in 86 years. Go ahead, celebrate. Come back when you actually build a consistent winner and maybe I'll start respecting you more.
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