Ecogeofemme: You know what I hate?
Awesome Technician: Puppies.
EGF: Well, yeah, but that's not what's on my mind now.
AT: Other people's kids.
EGF: That too, but not now.
AT: Whole Foods.
EGF: Not it.
AT: When people leave messes in the lab.
EGF: Also true, but not right now. Maybe I should just tell you. I hate when a really interesting conversation gets interrupted and you know it won't get revisited again.
AT: yeah, that sucks.
Then I went on to tell her about the aborted conversation with Research Advisor, which we discussed for at least 30 min.
This made me realize how cranky I must be. But to be fair, most of the the conversations that led to me announcing I hate something were pretty funny, i.e. I don't actally hate puppies or Whole Foods (but I don't much like them either).
6 comments:
Sounds like your Awesome Technician is a good listener :)
finally someone that doesn't say "aww, cute" to puppies (unless you were being ironic?). I'm generally adverse to dogs of any age :-)
Whole Foods - known by my brother-in-law as Whole Paycheque.
I am not a fan of Whole Foods. Also I think that conversation was hillarious. You two must be good friends.
AT is an excellent listener. She also has a good sense of humor, is hard working, and extremely competent. I can't overstate how great this person is to work with. Lately she has been making noise about leaving -- even going so far as to apply for another job -- I think mainly to get more money. I'll be devastated if she leaves before I do. I'm sure Research Advisor would be even more devastated. We have only hung out outside of work a handful of times, largely because we don't live near each other and partly because she is good friends with another coworker. Collectively, I don't have a lot in common with them.
We also call that store Whole Paycheck. It's just so pretentious.
I actually do not like dogs of any age either, but people find it unbelievable that someone might not like puppies. No irony. They're still dogs after all.
Hehe...that's amusing.
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