The End of An Era: LEL Says Goodbye (Not To Me Though)
May 9, 2007
As I type this, LEL is packing her desk. She keeps looking over at me, glaring, and then slamming her drawers closed.
LEL is leaving for a two-week vacation tomorrow, to celebrate the birth of her granddaughter. (Whose name is Rachel Ray. I KNOW!) First I heard that the Gay HR Guy told LEL not to bother coming back after her trip. Then I was told she wasn't coming back because she had a new job. Then I was told the new job fell through, and LEL WAS coming back. After that, I was told LEL was coming back because since she didn't have a new job, if she didn't come back she wouldn't be able to get unemployment. This morning I was told she's not welcome back. And LEL's cleaning out her desk. So I guess she's not coming back.
Any time somebody leaves a company, everyone always blames everything they find wrong on the person who has just left. I am not sure why. Maybe it's because they're not there to defend themselves? Maybe it's to shift blame away from the person who really screwed up? Whatever the reason, I hate the practice. I hate LEL, but I still like to be fair to people. And from what I can tell, she did a damn good job of filing. Never mind that she was a Filing Nazi, not wanting anyone else to touch her files.
Cowboy is practically floating on air this morning, happy to finally be rid of LEL. Yes, even though he traded me to get her. I can't think of anyone who is sad to see LEL leaving. Sure, people are sad that she won't be providing candy anymore, but they'll sacrifice that for the quiet we'll now have.
May 13, 2007
We've had a few days to get used to LEL being gone. We've had a few days to steal leftover office supplies from her desk, too. Cowboy hasn't asked me for much, which is good for me, since I'm so busy surfing the 'net, I barely have time for work at work.
Part of me feels sad - that nobody was really sad to see LEL go. I haven't forgotten what it's like to have everybody hate you, and even if you do things to drive people away, you either can't see it, can't help it, or both.
As I type this, LEL is packing her desk. She keeps looking over at me, glaring, and then slamming her drawers closed.
LEL is leaving for a two-week vacation tomorrow, to celebrate the birth of her granddaughter. (Whose name is Rachel Ray. I KNOW!) First I heard that the Gay HR Guy told LEL not to bother coming back after her trip. Then I was told she wasn't coming back because she had a new job. Then I was told the new job fell through, and LEL WAS coming back. After that, I was told LEL was coming back because since she didn't have a new job, if she didn't come back she wouldn't be able to get unemployment. This morning I was told she's not welcome back. And LEL's cleaning out her desk. So I guess she's not coming back.
Any time somebody leaves a company, everyone always blames everything they find wrong on the person who has just left. I am not sure why. Maybe it's because they're not there to defend themselves? Maybe it's to shift blame away from the person who really screwed up? Whatever the reason, I hate the practice. I hate LEL, but I still like to be fair to people. And from what I can tell, she did a damn good job of filing. Never mind that she was a Filing Nazi, not wanting anyone else to touch her files.
Cowboy is practically floating on air this morning, happy to finally be rid of LEL. Yes, even though he traded me to get her. I can't think of anyone who is sad to see LEL leaving. Sure, people are sad that she won't be providing candy anymore, but they'll sacrifice that for the quiet we'll now have.
May 13, 2007
We've had a few days to get used to LEL being gone. We've had a few days to steal leftover office supplies from her desk, too. Cowboy hasn't asked me for much, which is good for me, since I'm so busy surfing the 'net, I barely have time for work at work.
Part of me feels sad - that nobody was really sad to see LEL go. I haven't forgotten what it's like to have everybody hate you, and even if you do things to drive people away, you either can't see it, can't help it, or both.
Labels: LEL
posted by Green at 5/13/2007 10:47:00 PM
1 Comments:
Damn, Green! I was all prepared to be snarky, but I can't do so without feeling like a world-class jerk after that last line.
So, eh, I guess I hope LEL is okay wherever she goes and people aren't saying bad stuff about her that isn't true.
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