Another Work Conversation

Once, after regaling Vivian with another story of a nutty coworker, Vivian said, "Claire- you are always working with crazies!"

I thought maybe I was just reading into the antics of my coworkers too much, and that they must be fairly average. But after a number of years, I now believe that they really are crazies, and I will work with them for the rest of my life.

I currently work with Lisa. She has a very interesting personal history. She also seems to have no sense of what is going on around her. She will forget people that work in our department five minutes after talking to them (Do I know you?). Say things about her coworkers that are not true, right in front of them (Claire always eats her daily cookie at 11:30 in the morning!). Does not remember conversations, even repeated ones, for more than....well, sometimes 2 minutes (People always expect me to know what they're talking about...)

So, today- a guy named Mark came into our office, went and glanced in my boss Angela's office, and came back to have this conversation with Lisa:

(Lisa's voice in bold)

Is Angela in today?
Looking for Adam?
Angela.
Adam's not around.
Is Angela in?
I'm sorry, who?
Angela.
Are you looking for Adam? Or Angela?
...Angela.
Is she in her office?
No.
Then she's not in her office.
...
But she is in today.


It's exhausting to listen to, sometimes...

Wizard of Oz

At work today, a couple of my coworkers were having a conversation about six feet away from me. I'm not sure what it was about, because mostly I was ignoring them. Then I heard:

Coworker#1, as she clicks her heels together: "What's that line that Dorothy says in The Wizard of Oz?"
Coworker#2: "Hmmm...'Oh, I wish I was in Kansas'."
Me: "There's no place like home." (incredulously)
Coworker#2: "Take me back to Kansas?"
Me: "There's no place like home!"
Coworker#2: "This doesn't look like Kansas?"
Me: "THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME!!"
Coworker#2: "Yeah...maybe it was something like that."



Work might kill me.