The Power of Five: Make Friends With Trash

There have been five colleagues I have been romantically linked with. People draw their own conclusions. Just because I work in a loving manner does not mean anything loving is going down at work.

The one who remains no longer interests me. I like her. The people she talks to and come to her work area leave plenty to be desired. She is a lot like Rudy Giuliani. At one time I had the utmost respect. At this point? What the hell happened?

Choosing to listen to headphones or make phone calls instead of communicating with the people around you led to bad habits. There is no communication. More often that not I want to make a business statement; a head's up that multiple packages are coming.

She points to to her headphones like the music is more important. At this point there is nothing to say. She talks on her phone. One of her friends is a terrible influence. He seems to yell and complain at everyone except attractive women.

Don't trust men like that. Not only does he keep the prison mentality alive- management is angered when I mention some have a prison mentality. I merely came to work. That is not a crime.

The ones who refuse to talk to me or cowardly say things in my area and not to my face were talking about my work performance over the phone. Let us stop and think how little I care about someone down the line berating my work performance.

Also; you have phone access and choose to talk to someone about me. You can discuss any topic in the world and complain about my performance. They would not disrespect the veteran employee I am covering for.

Some people don't realize that when you lie down with dogs you run the risk of attracting fleas. When they spoke with better people the experience was nicer. At this point I am reminded of Rudy Giuliani. Someone I once respected found a lesser group of people to support leading others to ask "What happened?" It's only two more days.

I play the long game and will outlast all this dead weight. I have outlasted worse. It is disappointing. Treat it like someone on drugs. They made a decision and there is nothing I can do about it. I am relieved from going out of my way. Once you see someone's true face- don't screw with someone who has a long memory. I also recall the good times. There are not going to be new episodes of good engagement. Reshuffle the deck.