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A Totally Non Work Related Post. Apparently.

Oh if only.

Oh if only I could talk about work. Do you guys realize what kind of material I have!? I could post for days. Weeks. Years. It’s good stuff I tell you.

The trouble, however, is that I yapped my trap a lot back during The Nest blogging era and a couple people caught wind of it.

It ruined our fun, guys. Don’t they want us to have fun!? I guess not.

We’re in The No Fun Zone apparently.

There have been so very many times I wish I could log into my blog and fire off the post of a lifetime, only to harness my zeal deep down inside and remember I work in The No Fun Zone.

Can I just say it sucks and isn’t fair!?! I spend almost 13 hours a day working, driving to work, looking at people at work… that’s alot of freaking time!

What else am I supposed to write about? Apparently nothing (Apparently. What a fun word. In fact, I’ve already used it twice… The word of today,kids, is “Apparently.” Each time you hear the word “Apparently” used in a sentence, jump up out of your seat, do a lap around your cube, toss ice water in your face, and yell, “Woot!” Then sit back down as if nothing ever happened.) .

Yep. The Forces of Work have spoken: “Thou shalt not blog about anything remotely juicy or interesting. Instead thou art resigned to crappy half-baked posts. Oh, and PS- James in Accounting needs yellow post-its.”

“C’mon Forces of Freaking Work! You don’t want me to suffer, do you?… Okay, maybe you do, but you don’t want my blog to suffer, right? That’s what I thought. So hows about you throw me a bone and give me some work leeway?”

To which they respond, “No! Because of your spitefulness you are hereby sentenced to one year of boring non-work related posts. In addition, you must wear beige stirrup pants, black loafers, and an oversized hypercolor t-shirt every other Friday.

Mmm. Wait. Beige stirrup pants are pretty brutal. I will show thee mercy. 6! 6 months of boring non-work related posts.”

“Stirrup pants and hypercolor tees!? What have I done to deserve such a sentence!?”

“Brittny, my child, you absolutely can not or will not post about work. It’s uncouth. It’s tacky. It’s just plain wrong. We forbid you to talk about how your coworker doesn’t wear undies to work, or how you have a manager who doesn’t know how to do anything in PowerPoint and therefore must spend 2 days feverishly drawing what the 25 slide presentation will look like so you can do it for them on the computer and they can take the credit.

There will be no talk of how you actually told a coworker you bet she was a good bulimic (by the way!- you’re a freaking idiot moron! Did you realize how horrible that was going to sound when it came out!? I highly doubt it.) or how you secretly spray Oust in your boss’s office when he’s not looking, simply so you don’t suffocate from the carcinogens (is he ever going to stop smoking in his office!?). He’s so on to you, by the way.

Wake up woman! There’s simply too many dangerous stories and we, The Forces of Work, must safeguard them for all eternity. Or at least until you get another job.”

“Umm, Forces of Work?”

“Yes?”

“You do realize you just told the blog world a few of my work stories.”

“Uh...well...mmm...uh...”

“Just say it, Forces of Work- you’re a freaking idiot.”

“Yeah.

Apparently.”

Heehee!  I get like this too--there are so many things I’d loooove to post about from Greg’s job but I can’t....and I’ve been dying to tell somebody but I have to keep my mouth shut, or not push that post button, or, oh well....

Posted by Ann M.  on  06/05  at  05:51 AM

Haha, I love it!  Brittny, you’re so creative with your blog - if only I could be creative and not ramble on about my boring weekends that, really, no one cares about! grin
I wish I could chat more about my job and my courses, but, being a “professional” (ha!) and all, I could get in serious trouble if the powers-that-be found out.....I’ll have to get more creative, because I’m sure I’ll have some wonderful stories in the coming weeks....

Posted by Angela  on  06/05  at  06:52 AM

At least you’re not sentenced to Hypercolor shorts. I mean they do realize that it changes colors from heat, right? Not such a good idea for a 13 year old girl to wear to gym class. That was really attractive and not embarrasing at all. Thanks Mom!

Posted by Kristen  on  06/05  at  06:59 AM

It’s too bad that someone ruined the fun. There’s always at least one huh? I hope work becomes less stressful and more fun - if that’s even possible!  grin

Posted by Jenny  on  06/05  at  07:28 AM

Lol! :-D Well, I didn’t do the lap and ice water thing, but hey, I’m with ya in spirit. Sometimes I wonder about the stuff I blog about and think, “Good gracious! What if *person I just blabbed about* ever found my blog???” Ahh, the freedoms of “invite-only” on blogger. Do you have a nifty little thing like that for your blog? Where you can INVITE only certain people to see what you’re writing? I’d def recommend it.

And I loooooved the bit about your boss’ Powerpoint presentation. Seriously, did that REALLY happen? REALLY???? How retarded.

Apparently.

Posted by Sarah R  on  06/05  at  07:38 AM

You are so funny!  Your posts always make me laugh smile I wish we could hear all your work stories because I’m sure we’d be entertained for days!

Posted by Audrey  on  06/05  at  07:56 AM

At the end of your post I jumped up, ran around my cube, splashed cold ice water in my face, and yelled WOOT! Then I sat back down. And I don’t know that anythinng just happened.

Posted by Mrs. M  on  06/05  at  09:58 AM

a splash of water would be nice right now… it’s HOT!!  wink

You are too funny.

Posted by Annie  on  06/05  at  10:27 AM

Haha! You are such a nut, lmao!

Posted by  on  06/05  at  11:38 AM

Oh my lord, I was dying laughing about this and trying desparately to think of something to reply. Thank you mother for being my saving grace again. . ..So i’m sitting and my mom calls my cellphone. My mother is a book keeper for a non profit organization, so in order for large checks to be authorized she needs 2 signatures. So she gets the “brand sparkilng new” director (who’s been here less than a week doing his job by himself) to sign it and goes to leave and get another authorized signature from one of the board members at her place of buiness and on her way out the door “brand sparkling new” director says “I need cookies”. . . . . . . Of all people to ask to run your errands, he asks the book keeper who’s gotten none of her own job done because she’s been helping everyone else learn/function their job. The cookies I guess are for a meeting he’s having later in the day with a committee, but still??? lol I hope it reads as amusing as I hope.. . .Take care Brittny, we still love your half allowed posts!

Posted by Beth G  on  06/05  at  11:57 AM

I say screw the folks at work and tell us like it is!!  If they can’t handle it, tough!

Posted by Jenny  on  06/05  at  12:17 PM

dang! that sucks! i know whatever mundane things are going on around there would be hilarious with your intuitive wit! (that sounded kewl! intuitive wit! i hope it means what i wanted it to mean..lol)

well, as soon as you leave, i expect entry after entry of random banter about your current job place....hmmm...i haven’t heard about that tiny bathroom in the middle of the lobby-like office...the one that told everyone who was within earshot what you were doing in the bathroom? was that part of the “mum” rule too?

Stay Blessed!

Posted by LadyT  on  06/05  at  12:51 PM

I hate not being able to post about everything I want!  And I know that we would all love to hear your work stories!

Posted by Kelley  on  06/05  at  02:50 PM

I understand the frustration.  I teach middle school kids...pre-teens and teens.  They serve up tons of blog worthy posts every few minutes.  But there is this FERPA thing...something about the privacy of children.  Yea, yea, yea…

And then there are the other teachers I work with.  Oh goodness the stories I could tell.

So my work stories are vague.  I like my job and don’t want them to revoke my teaching certificate.

I feel your pain.  smile

Posted by Ginger  on  06/05  at  05:12 PM

Yeah, censoring posts SUCKS!  tongue laugh I know I’d love to hear your work stories...lol.  Thanks for cracking me up this morning with your post.  Have a great day!

Posted by Betsy  on  06/06  at  04:31 AM

Oh there is always drama around these parts too.  I try not to post too much about work.  I think only the one time.  Got a few comments then erased the thing because well, I wouldn’t want anyone to find it.

You are too funny though.

Posted by Chrissy  on  06/06  at  10:19 AM

Haha.  My boss does that too!  The other day, I actually heard her take credit for something I did!  One of the VP’s asked her to photo copy something.  So then she walks out to my desk and asks me to photo copy the thing that the VP asked her to do.  So I did.  Then I hand it back to her to which she hands to the VP and then TAKES CREDIT for photo copying it!!!!  ARGH!  I tell ya, one day I can’t wait to become a boss just so I can take credit for something I brushed off on someone else. Haha. :o)

Posted by  on  06/08  at  04:45 AM

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brittny I'm B-Love. I've just returned to America after spending three years in Kuwait with my husband Mr. B-Love and our two maltese, Boz and Lucy. We recently added two more doggies to our family, Rocky and Teddy. I love weight training, OU football, and lazy weekends. Buckle up and get ready for my constant embarrassing moments, continual madness at a new job, and my daily effort to rely on Christ while adjusting to life back in the real world.


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