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“Now that you’ve been working for the state for almost a year,” one of my coworkers asked me, “which bureaucracy do you think is more mixed-up, the military or the state?” “The state, no question,” I said, without having to think about it at all. When he laughed and asked me why, I explained, “The Read.
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return
Yesterday was my first day back at the office after our week-long vacation. I expected it to find a hellish amount of paperwork piled on my desk and too many e-mails to read in a single day. I’m happy to say my expectations were not met. There were lots and lots of files, applications, and Read.
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bother
I had to ask someone in the renewal office a question but I hate to bother them because they’re always so busy. TJ’s usually pretty friendly, and she sat in the cube that was kiddycorner from mine, so I tapped meekly on the plastic edging around the opening and asked her if I could bother Read.
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drizzle
“When do you usually take lunch?” Judy asked me as she stopped at the printer just outside the door of my office at around noon to pick up a batch of documents. It’s been a long time since I’ve known anybody named Judy. I’m pretty sure I haven’t run into any Judies since high school. Read.
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momma
As one of my coworkers passed me in the hallway yesterday, she grinned a knowing grin and asked, “Are you ready for next week?” Next Monday being, of course, the day after Jan retires, leaving me on my own as the supervisor of the business credentialing division. I’m not exactly sure what my coworkers expect Read.
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chuffed
And, once again, life takes me a little further down a road I didn’t think I’d find myself on in the first place … About a month ago, one of the supervisors in our office announced her plans to retire. They posted the announcement that her job was available on the bulletin board in the Read.
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magic
I had an urgent need to talk to a supervisor this morning, and because my supervisor wasn’t in the office I went to see Kris, the next supervisor I knew. Just as I stepped up to her open door to knock I stopped dead in my tracks. Kris was seated at her desk with a Read.
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Faster
Aaron and Ryan were having a conversation just outside my cubicle. I wasn’t paying any attention to what they were saying until I heard Ryan stop Aaron with, “Let’s ask Dave, he’ll know.” “Hey, Dave,” Ryan called over the top of my cubicle wall, “What’s the capital of Kentucky?” “Frankfort,” I answered. Then Aaron explained: Read.
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Confused
And now, for your viewing pleasure, a clipping from this month’s office newsletter: Secretary Ross: Congratulations! Me: Who are you? What are you doing here? What is this thing? The cameraman took more than one photo of us while we were talking, and one more of us shaking hands and looking into the camera. And Read.
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Fan
My boss, the secretary of the department, dropped by my desk today with the rest of his staff in tow to present me with a certificate of appreciation, because I’m basically just awesome and pretty much know everything. As he was presenting me with the certificate, he asked me a question I can’t recall hearing Read.
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