I nearly forgot...

I nearly forgot the U.O. story. Her boss had a medical problem a few weeks ago and has been home sick for over a week. He is a VERY private person and doesn't even like people to know his birthdate. (seriously) So, you can imagine my alarm when his secretary starts blabbing left and right about his procedures, diagnosis, prognosis, personal medical history, etc etc etc. She was doing this as a way to redirect people's anger with her over their appointments with her boss that she neglected to reschedule...even though she had over a week. I was astounded. If he knew, he'd be furious. I finally emailed my supervisor to tell her what was happening. She tried to catch the U.O. in the act, but failed several times. Another staff member pulled the U.O. aside to stop her from blabbing, but it didn't "sink in" and she continued after that person had left. Finally, at the end of the day, I asked my supervisor if it would be bad of an "anonymous" person to inform this chick's boss of her behavior. (I also threated to go buy a muzzle because the U.O. was being obnoxiously loud.) My supervisor pulled the U.O. in for the third time that day to speak to her about her behavior of the day. What a hoot! Three times!! I still think her boss should be informed...

Incidentally my boss (who is an administrator over all of the secretaries in the office), wants us to shush the U.O. when she gets noisy. I told her I'd rather be obviously subtle. She asked for a clarification and I said it would be more fun to stuff my ears with cotton balls and glare in the U.O.'s direction. This way I'm being subtle and yet obvious, so I'm obviously subtle. (One of my former roomies accused me of this before so I've tried to make it into an art form.) My boss just laughed. She loves my emails and comments because I can keep my humor under almost any circumstances...so I tend to inject those into my conversations with her which always makes her laugh at me. My day isn't complete unless I can get SOMEONE to laugh!