smalltalk too

on any given day, the probability of any of the people i know having had a worse day than mine is relatively small. on a day like today, which begins with me largely unimpressed at waking up at 2am with a burning throat (some tears, anguish, and tea with honey took about half an hour to get me back to sleep), when i'm forced to admit that i'm sick, under time pressure for a large workload and unable to focus on the screen long enough to get what's going on, when i'm physically sore and wobbly and i draw short straw on cleaning duty...

... on a day like today, calling me up before work's over to moan about an issue that's already a non-issue is annoying.

... on a day like today, when i call back so as not to be rude, you sharing a new problem to worry about is uncalled for.

... on a day like today, telling me that my suggestion isn't filled with enough fluffy bunnies and that i should lie to calm you down is looking for trouble.

... on a day like today, pulling a "moving along swiftly" to a new topic, one hardcore eyebrow-raiser that forces me to think "O RLY??!" is just conversational suicide.

... on a day like today, responding with "whatever" when i tell you that i'll call you back because i can't talk right now?

now i'm not so sure that i will call you back.

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i know i don't play so well with others. i'm in for practicality and appropriateness*. you want a lie? don't ask me for one. my biggest problem in life is being too honest. and i'm usually quite comfortable like that. i also don't like saying nothing (and people like lots of nothing, i know), and i'm not very good with support that isn't useful.

* hence my issues with mouth-breather: he keeps going for smalltalk when we're in the middle of an exercise. i'm there to work, and to improve, and while kidding around doesn't bother me - talking random shit at equally random intervals aggravates me. looking hurt when i respond curtly is pushing my "beat me to death with a tyre-iron" button.