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Old 01-30-2007, 11:19 AM
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Taxi Driver Moment in the Office

So I come to work, sit at my computer, check my email, and suddenly a co-worker is standing in my doorway demanding to know if I have a problem with her.



To me, this is coming straight out of the blue. She asks again. I say no and ask why. "Because you turned off the hallway light on me."



To me, this makes no sense, I just got here and the sun is shining and I haven't hit any lightswitches anywhere.



It turns out that last night, when there were three of us leaving, she was lagging behind. Two of us were by the elevator (katty-corner from the lightswitch) when the elevator arrived. We hit the switch for the light in the elevator area and boarded the (lit) elevator, looking toward the (lit) area where the third person was, and called for her that the elevator was on our floor. We waited a bit, heard no response, unblocked the doors and let the doors close.

Which, of course, means that I have a problem with her and want her to stumble around in the dark or something. All I can think of is Robert DeNiro, standing in front of the mirror, rehearsing how to take everything personally.

 
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Old 01-30-2007, 11:36 AM
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Old 01-30-2007, 01:14 PM
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It's spreading like Ebola....

The coworker who was in the elevator with me last night is mad at a fourth coworker about the conference room schedule, and in the ensuing resolution of conflicts she was given a huge job updating the calendar and one of my meetings was bumped. Then the fourth coworker got an angry phone call from her ex, which ended with a clipped, "Fine. Right. It's all my fault. Yes. Everything's my fault." *slam*

So now we're thinking there's something in the ventilation system and we should all go home and go to bed.
 
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It's probably fiftycent's fault.
 
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Old 01-31-2007, 02:13 PM
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I'm tellin' ya. But Coworker 3 saw them bringing moving boxes up to their floor yesterday

And when I left last night, the DeNiro coworker was on the phone. I stood at her door trying to catch her eye so I could wave or whatever to let her know I was leaving. I was SO TEMPTED to flick her lightstwitch to get her attention...
 
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But I can se how you were tempted.
 
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And when I left last night, the DeNiro coworker was on the phone. I stood at her door trying to catch her eye so I could wave or whatever to let her know I was leaving. I was SO TEMPTED to flick her lightstwitch to get her attention...

 
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at least they talk to you when they are mad at you
 
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I wonder if she would have gone bat-sh**-crazy had you flicked the lights on her. I can just visualize the scene!
 
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