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lunatica

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12. Right there is the problem. It's an office full of gossipers

Tue Oct 2, 2012, 06:21 PM

Oct 2012

Just ignore them. Gossips are horrible people who love to say the worst things they can think of about people and they're back stabbers and mean. They're vicious.

Just do your work and stay out of their way. They're not nice people.

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I overheard someone call me "weird" at work today [View all] alarimer Oct 2012 OP

I like you petronius Oct 2012 #1

Yes there is quite a bit of that alarimer Oct 2012 #6

i am odd. own it. it is what it is. and who the fuck cares what the others think of you. seabeyond Oct 2012 #2

Well put! ohiosmith Oct 2012 #3

Thanks alarimer Oct 2012 #4

Right there is the problem. It's an office full of gossipers lunatica Oct 2012 #12

A gaggle of gossips can provide a great deal of entertainment slackmaster Oct 2012 #15

LOL alarimer Oct 2012 #19

Weird is wonderful! LiberalEsto Oct 2012 #5

I'm weird... HipChick Oct 2012 #7

BWAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!!! Kali Oct 2012 #26

I hate office drama... bluesbassman Oct 2012 #8

Weird is just what people say when they're too lazy or shallow polly7 Oct 2012 #9

That's precisely it Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #17

Consider it a Compliment..... becca da bakkah Oct 2012 #10

I'd say congratulations are due. Bucky Oct 2012 #11

I want to be a unique individual, just like everyone else! slackmaster Oct 2012 #14

Calling someone weird is about the most juvenile put-down that exists in our culture slackmaster Oct 2012 #13

I agree basically alarimer Oct 2012 #20

The thing is, one person calling you "weird" hardly means that you don't fit in. antigone382 Oct 2012 #43

There is a lot about this job that is completely new for me alarimer Oct 2012 #47

I've felt like that many times Worried senior Oct 2012 #16

Take it as a compliment. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #18

Trish called me 'quirky' once. I thanked her. irisblue Oct 2012 #21

In many places of employment, that would represent a very high compliment. NNadir Oct 2012 #22

But in all too many others, it's a "do not hire" flag. Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #23

Well, I have to admit, I'ver never taken one of those. NNadir Oct 2012 #24

Well they didn't do one of those for this job. alarimer Oct 2012 #48

Back when I hired people Mopar151 Oct 2012 #25

Some of my favorite people are weird. Lisa0825 Oct 2012 #27

Wear that "weird" as a badge of honor. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2012 #28

I like people who are different. Anyone who would use the word "weird" as a synonym for... MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #29

I live in a small town too alarimer wendylaroux Oct 2012 #30

Two things: DebJ Oct 2012 #31

The etymology of the word "weird" is quite cool :) kentauros Oct 2012 #32

Johnny Cash and friends explain it well Mopar151 Oct 2012 #33

I am 58 years old, Rincewind Oct 2012 #34

So what's wrong with being weird? hobbit709 Oct 2012 #35

So.... pipi_k Oct 2012 #36

Eh, fuck 'em. HappyMe Oct 2012 #37

People call me weird; I wear it as badge of honor. LeftinOH Oct 2012 #38

I tend not to worry about what people think of me. ... spin Oct 2012 #39

If you overheard something like that ismnotwasm Oct 2012 #40

I agree with the other posters on this thread, LNM Oct 2012 #41

(((((alarimer))))) Tsiyu Oct 2012 #42

"People don't like me" hamsterjill Oct 2012 #44

Consider the source. Is this a person whose opinion you value? Somehow I get the feeling raccoon Oct 2012 #45

It's neither my supervisor nor my staff alarimer Oct 2012 #49

If you are a little weird, that would just make me like you better. dawg Oct 2012 #46