Category: coworkers

• eructation

  January 22, 2014

  coworkers, work

  The gal sitting behind me in orientation this morning let out a long, low, steady belch that lasted for several seconds. It was the kind of burp that my father used to release when he was trying to get a reaction out of me, so when she was done I turned to her and, as Read.

• Barb Karpowla

  January 21, 2014

  coworkers, daily drivel, office work, random idiocy, work

  Brittney: “Do you know Barb Karpowla?” Me: “Who? I don’t think I’ve met her.” Brittney [funny look]: “Barb, your wife. Do you carpool?” Me: “Oh. Yeah. Uh, I thought you were asking about somebody named Barb Karpowla.” Brittney [laughing]: “I thought you were making fun of me!” Read.

• summary

  October 30, 2013

  coworkers, daily drivel, office work, work

  This Friday will be my last day at the office, so my coworkers organized a nice little pot luck dinner as a going-away for me. They booked a conference room and brought plenty of delicious goodies and we sat around the table for about an hour during the lunch break and shot the bull while Read.

• like

  April 18, 2012

  coworkers, festivals, play, Wisc Film Fest, work

  Know where I am right now? I’m not at work! It’s the first day of the Wisconsin Film Festival, so My Darling B and I took today and the rest of the week off. I could have gone to work. I could have spent another day working for The Man before we went to the Read.

• pots

  December 27, 2011

  coffee, coworkers, food & drink, play, work

  Breakfast: A cup of coffee, and another cup of coffee. And I’m fine with that because I’ve been eating nonstop since last Friday. It’s time to stop. I’ve eaten so much food in the past three days that I’m pretty sure I won’t have to eat again until maybe next week. Oh, wait. My Darling Read.

• so close

  March 10, 2010

  coworkers, daily drivel, My Darling B, O’Folks, random idiocy, work

  WE’RE SO CLOSE TO SPRING! About a week ago, when winter finally showed the first signs of letting up on us just a bit, My Darling B went out to her garden to paw through the snow cover, searching for sprouting garlic but, so sad, couldn’t find any. This week, it’s been even warmer, and Read.

• fat fingers

  February 9, 2010

  coworkers, office work, work

  I was showing Katrina, one of my coworkers, how to use the laser printer to address envelopes, which is way cool and a whole hell of a lot easier than trying to get the address on a letter to line up with the window in a window envelope, or print an address on a label Read.

• bowler

  February 7, 2010

  coworkers, office work, play, work

  Stiff muscles … aching joints … swollen ligaments … this is the hand of a man who participated in the company’s annual bowling event, the same man who hasn’t bowled a single frame since 2006. Ouch. Every year, Bill B (the guy at the office who hired me for my first job after I retired Read.