The Nagging Workplace colleague

There are some people I know who would give their eye teeth to have a peaceful workplace aura. But that is far from what they get. They go to their offices early so as to be away from their ‘nagging’ wives or ‘bugging’ husbands (as some of them put it) but what they receive in return is a virtual slap on the face.

The moment they take their seats (and before their workstations start burring and rearing for action), the odd employee is there at their desks, their mouths ready for action.

“You know something, dude,” they start, “last evening, I saw the HR manager at the restaurant downtown with that gorgeous receptionist.”

You start looking puzzled asking yourself where you fit in all this. Before the thoughts finish their circuitous run of the breadth of your brain, he edges closer to your ear. And with a sly smile playing on the edge of his lower lip, he whispers:

“The two were locked in a very compromising embrace. You know, if the wife of the HR manager knows that his hubby has a fling with any other woman apart from herself, she’ll be very livid.”

Your mind is now about to blow up due to this unsolicited intrusion on your most productive time of the day. Almost instantly you remember that there is that report you have to hand in before the end of the day. There is also that massive amount of data that you have to fill into Microsoft Excel.

“Enough is enough!” your mind screams threateningly.

You turn to him, and in spite of yourself, you literally take him by the scruff of the neck and order him to leave your desk for you have other fish to fry.

As you embark on your work, you keep asking yourself how such individuals accomplish their work given the strict deadlines at the office. You just wonder…