Here I sit drinking Glogg. Why, well because my meeting today went way longer than I anticipated. It was supposed to last for one hour, but ended up taking up almost two full hours. To be honest it wasnÂ’t as bad as I expected. Mainly because I only walked in there with one sheet of paper and didnÂ’t go into a lot of details. We have all heard the old adage that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Well if youÂ’re a male management in my female dominated office and you are the squeaky wheel, you donÂ’t get the greaseÂ… but you do get hosed. Actually they would probably hammer me until I didnÂ’t move so I couldnÂ’t make any noise. That seems to be the standard operating procedure for this office.

So why did my meeting run two hours if I didn’t talk about anything? Well because we had to “dish about my people”. IE we had to gossip. Any of you that have met me know that I do not gossip. I don’t like it; I’ve severed friendships because of their gossipy behavior. Most of the meeting was me talking about how good of a team I had, all of their strengths, where I want to develop some of them and where our weakness as a team is.

From the serious fishing expedition that was going on, I knew she wanted the dirt. Since I donÂ’t gossip, I donÂ’t have any and on the couple of people I did have something I wouldnÂ’t share it with her. The couple of situations I have my people told me stuff in confidence and IÂ’m not about to sacrifice their trust just so I can win points with the new management. I know my peers did, because they gossip all of the time. In fact the one that was in the meeting right before me I could make out parts of her conversation while I waited outside, she was gossiping like an old woman at a quilting bee.

I figured after maintaining my integrity and dignity for two hours, I deserved a hot beverage of happiness. By the white cockade on my pretty blue bonnet, IÂ’m going to have it!

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1 *joins you in glogging*

Posted by: Shadoglare at December 14, 2007 10:24 PM (WlOIU)

2 You don't own a pretty blue bonnet, unless you bought a new one. Quit lying!!!!!

Posted by: Petey at December 14, 2007 10:45 PM (JhiOW)

3 Shadoglare: You don't have any glogg, quit lying! Petey: You know you want to join the pretty blue bonnet brigade with Noah! Stop fooling yourself!

Posted by: ktreva at December 14, 2007 11:29 PM (QQZMi)

4 Actually I do have glogg, thankyouverymuch Mine's store-bought though.

Posted by: Shadoglare at December 15, 2007 09:50 AM (WlOIU)

5 Oh to be a fly on the wall. But after years you know who you can and cant talk to. Sad actually.

Posted by: Bruce at December 15, 2007 04:58 PM (ecH0X)

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