Shhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

I can never understand how some people can be so loud... at work!! I mean seriously. Do they think they are the only ones working or do they think that the rest of the employees who are unfortunate enough to be sitting within close vicinity of their cubicles, have nothing better to do than to listen to what kind of new words baby Candice has learnt, or what time the maid is supposed to come and clean the house or where hubby Tony is taking them for their anniversary. Ughhh!!! Are you kidding me??

Of course there is a cause for this latest tirade: a miniature sized Blondie (she still shops for shoes in the Juniors department, I discovered one loud phone call later) with a voice that can bore holes in a wall, no exaggeration. I wonder each day, as she is yapping away into the phone, how can such a big voice come out of such a tiny person? To make matters worse, she works for Help Desk so she is on the phone a lot. But it is not her work related calls that bother me so much. It is when cousin Belinda, girl friend Linda or mother in law Iris call and she goes on and on about hubby and daughter and house remodeling and daughter and vacations and doctor's appointments and daughter and so on. It is all I can do to stop myself from crossing five cubicles, yanking the telephone and wrapping the wire around the tiny, destructive vocal chords.

And its not just the phone calls, she loves to talk to anyone who will listen or even those who momentarily pause at her desk. She takes this as her cue and pitches herself into the latest on darling Candice ( the prodigal daughter). Most of the time I am able to block it out with some form of music or the other, but if somehow I have left my headphones at home (yes my office has no headphones) I get back to back episodes of "all her children". In the past five months I have come to hear more about her and her darling daughter than my own thoughts. It seems like she is the only worker here and Candice is the only 18 months old girl in the world.

OK I may sound tad too bitchy, but come on people, do we really need to know about her citizenship proceedings (originally canadian), OBGYN appointments, anniversary trip to Vegas, her perfect hubby/daughter/car/life ( once she went on and on about this with her girlfriend on the phone). The fact that she is mostly surrounded by 20 something young male interns who do not seem interested in her ramblings, does not seem to faze her at all. Wow!!!

And now guess what?? She is expecting perfect baby number two. Help me dear God!! Last whole week was all about her morning sickness (or lack thereof, come one she is diminutive) her trimesters, her showiness (or lack thereof), how big she got her first time ( can't be that much, I can bet on it) her food habits, her sleeping habits blah blah blah.

We don't talk, we are not acquainted( I like it that way, indirect conversations are more than enough thank you very much) and I can never bring myself to tell anyone when he/she is disturbing the office peace and quiet (oh I am such a drama queen) and that is why I am venting here. And I am not the only one complaining, other employees are upset as well (they may not have blogged about it but what can I say, I am just more creative that way hehehe).

And BTW, whatever happened to privacy and space? Don't people care about keeping their personal phone calls private anymore. Or is it that sub-consciously people want to flaunt their happiness in front of others. Maybe!

I have nothing personal against the tiny thunderstorm (other than her annoying loud voice) but I do hope she goes on maternity leave soon, or when we move to the new building (coming up soon yayyy), I'm among the lucky few who are sitting far away from her (and others like her).