not that kind of rabbit

* Item: Things at my job are kinda grim. The line of work I am in waxes and wanes to a certain extent, and can swing even further in either direction than usual due to a plethora of factors, from The Economy to Current Events to Management Problems and Administrative Dustups. We're in the slim season right now, and there have also been Extenuating Circumstances, and there just aren't enough hours to be had to make a living even with Tightening Our Belts. I won't lie, I am Very Concerned, which is part of why I don't have tons to say lately. There are only so many ways to say "it's like The Grapes of Wrath, but in a minivan." Thanks to my garden and the critters of Squatter Workshop, we have enough to eat, so there's that (and I'm very thankful). I'm playing chicken with school supplies and the first day of school, but I think it'll be okay (I'll be stuck elbowing last-minute shoppers in the teeth for the last zippered pencil case, but it's all good! I'm scrappy!). Still sucks though, and makes me feel antsy when things are this tight.

* Item: Due to the above, I went for a job interview Friday, and today I found out I got the job! It'll be a new Weekend Warrior job, in addition to my fulltime-but-currently-part-time gig, and hopefully THIS one won't go bankrupt...LOL, J/K!!! No but really, it would totally screw with my head...I start this weekend and I think it'll be fun. I'm working for someone who was my boss at the ORIGINAL Weekend Warrior Job, who I like very much. So that's good.

* Dell on wheels? As I type this (with my lightning-fast index finger), a new laptop should be on its' way. SHOULD being the operative word, as I never got any dispatch information from Dell. This makes me nervous, and I e-mailed them yesterday, and will call tomorrow. Sigh.

* And finally...today I took a co-worker a rabbit as a gift. She perked up when she heard that I raise them, and offered to buy one from me, but I like her very much (she was one of MANY people I work with who were exceptionally kind during Hotter's neurological mishegas) and told her I'd just give her one. So I took it in today, but wanted to be discreet, because while gifting co-workers with smallstock isn't expressly forbidden in the Employee Handbook, I kind of doubt the answer would have been yes had I asked The Powers That Be. So I went up to my co-worker friend and said "I brought you a present!" quietly, and she muttered "rabbit?" and I nodded, and she pumped her fist excitedly. Another co-worker, who knew nothing of our agreement but had overheard, gave me a dirty look and stalked off muttering in her first language (which is not English, so I don't know what she was actually saying, just that it didn't sound good). Second Coworker continued glaring at me and muttering until I finally just asked her point-blank if I'd done something to upset her. "As a matter of fact, yes!" she snapped. "You could have asked me if I wanted a rabbit if you have a connection! I'm old but I'm not dead!" I was a little confused by the second part of her statement, but eager to make peace, and said I hadn't known she wanted a rabbit too, but I had plenty more if she did, since they breed like, well, rabbits. "BREED?!?" She looked at me like one of us was insane. I said the next litter was just six weeks old and she cut me off with "BUNNY RABBITS! Oh hell no, I don't want one of THEM. I thought you meant, you know..." and she made motions in front of her crotch and pantomimed an orgasm. "Like Sex and The City!" And then First Coworker and I died. The end.

Sent from The Precious

Comments

[Jessicadennis]

As George Takei would say, oh my! (in fact please say that in your head in George Takei's voice)

[krlr]

Congrats on your second job but sucks that you shouldn't have to given your nominally other FT gig. (they aren't cutting off your bennies, are they?)

Your coworkers... SO MUCH MORE FUN THAN MINE. Though maybe, I don't know, never having brought in rabbits of any variety, but I'm guessing.