evile

Jan. 17, 2004

but...1) it's a *former* coworker. Not a current one and not a
supervisor. So there's no reason to bother being nice to this person.
It will not create tension in the office if you blow her off. It will
not effect future raises or promotions if you refuse to participate.
If you didn't like her anyway, and she's now out of the picture work-
wise, why go to her party?

and 2) I pay enough for breeder perks in society already. So fuck 'em.

Of course, he does not mention if the former coworker kept in touch
after she left, or just quit and then however long later suddenly
comes back into the picture with this invitation to a gift grab. I
might react differently to someone who leaves, but calls or comes by
to say hello every now and then, invites people to happy hours and
such, and then "oh hey, I'm having a baby"

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2004-01-14 - 10:27 a.m.
An old coworker of mine is having a baby shower this weekend on
Sunday. When she was working here, she didn't make a lot of friends.
To tell you the truth, she was kind of annoying. But, she's having a
baby shower and she has no friends, so I figured I'd round up the
coworkers she invited and go. She invited four of us, and two can't
go. Their reason:
"Sorry, I've got church!"
This pisses me off NO END. Literally. This is the worst cop-out ever.
"Oh, sorry, some invisible, all-powerful, all-forgiving, all-loving
deity will be pissed at me if I don't go to his weekly event, so I
have to miss your event." In this case, there is an ACTUAL, REAL
PERSON who would really appreciate it if you went and did
something nice for her. What chaps my ass even more is that I have
personally cancelled or foregone really important events for both
these people when they had an important day (weddings, parties,
birthdays, whatnot). I now officially have NO RESPECT for their
bullshit churches and religions.

my response:

I don't get it. Breeder bitch was an unpleasant coworker who is now
doing a gift grab for her magic crotch-goblin. I wouldn't go to it,
either. And I wouldn't even lie and say I was going to church.