Milk-gate in Diary
- June 6, 2014, 9:33 a.m.
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Oh my god, how people get excited about milk! A few weeks ago, they changed the milk order at work from all semi-skimmed, to half semi-skimmed and half skimmed. And the uproar it's caused! Everyone's squabbling like children!
Bearing in mind I never use milk; I don't drink tea or coffee and I don't eat cereal, so I couldn't give a tiny piece of shit about it. But the women in my office keep dragging me into it. As soon as I walk through the door at 8:45, our HR officer is pouncing on me to give me the latest thrilling and scandalous update. It's gotten that bad, I've taken to sitting in my car until 8:59 to avoid it until I actually start work.
"Where's all the semi skimmed gone? I put a new bottle in our fridge yesterday and it's gone this morning. Who's taken that then? I think it's the cleaners. It must be the guys from the warehouse. I bet it's them upstairs who can't be bothered to walk to the canteen. I went to get some more and there was only one bottle and someone's written their name on it. I hate putting skimmed milk on my cereal! I don't know why they changed it. Michelle, can you ask them to change it back?"
No! No I bloody can't! The milk order has absolutely nothing to do with me, if you hate it so much, YOU ask them to change it back! It's driving me insane, it's like this every day, the amount of importance they're putting on the bloody milk, it's like World War Three has broken out.
LMFAO! My workmate Amy has just arrived for work and the first words she said to me when she came through the door were "Have you seen the milk in the fridge?" NO! NO I HAVEN'T! SHUT UP ABOUT THE FUCKING MILK!
And breathe...
Seriously, this is the kind of shit I'm not going to miss when I no longer work in an office.
In other news, the people who asked me to dog sit for them tomorrow now want me to go tonight as well. They say their blind, epileptic German Shepherd now has a back injury and hasn't slept for several days, so he's also keeping them awake by pacing around they need to get away for some sleep. I was looking forward to a lie in tomorrow myself as I've been so busy lately, I'm also exhausted. But I couldn't bring myself to say no, plus it's extra money for me. I feel sorry for them all, they say they considering having him PTS as he seems to be suffering too much, but they need to make that decision when they're not exhausted.
So I'll now be spending my whole weekend in a stranger's house! I'll have to take my laptop, Kindle and some DVDs to watch.
Camdengirl ⋅ June 06, 2014
LOL! No I definitely don't miss office politics... As an office manager I used to deal with all these niggles: "So and so has a better chair than me" "Why has SHE got pink post it notes and mine are only yellow?" "Who keeps leaving their tea bags in the sink?"
Urgh!
Bomb Shell Camdengirl ⋅ June 06, 2014
It's amazing how much people get excited about tiny little things that don't even matter. It drives me mad.
~Twinkle~ ⋅ June 06, 2014
Urgh office politics! Sympathise hugely xxx
Deleted user ⋅ June 06, 2014
Wow I cannot believe people pay for that!
Bomb Shell Deleted user ⋅ June 06, 2014
Pay for what, dog sitting?
Bumbly ⋅ June 06, 2014
They should just be glad they can make their own tea instead of having vending machine tea like we have to!
Lucretia ⋅ June 07, 2014
Wow, that's the thrilling news story of the day for these people? Do they also speak in depth about the wonders of Emmerdale Farm and X-Factor, and say 'eeee' a lot?
Babe In Toyland Lucretia ⋅ June 07, 2014
Erika, you sound just like my dad!
Lucretia Babe In Toyland ⋅ June 09, 2014
Haha! Your dad clearly knows the score!
Bomb Shell Lucretia ⋅ June 08, 2014
I know, it makes me wonder just how exciting their lives are if they all get this worked up about something so trivial and unimportant. It's the same when forks go missing or someone from gasp the warehouse puts something in the office fridge.
Lucretia Bomb Shell ⋅ June 09, 2014
But, the fridge is clearly sacred! Be careful what you say or they might sacrifice you to their god (if health and safety allow it).
Deleted user ⋅ June 10, 2014
Lol... Milk seems like such a big deal over there.... When we have it every where here xD
Bomb Shell Deleted user ⋅ June 10, 2014
We have it everywhere here as well, but everyone is obsessed with tea and it has to be just perfect, including exactly the right type of milk sigh
Miso Honey ⋅ June 10, 2014
Over milk? Not even spilled?
If they have such a problem, couldn't they just bring their own?
Bomb Shell Miso Honey ⋅ June 11, 2014
Nuh-uh, that was cause utter chaos! Everyone would steal everyone else's and fights would break out! Seriously, it's insane...