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I had written up a meditation on the nature of maturity, what does it really mean to be an adult, and the differences between immature acts and mere personality quirks. It was insightful, eloquent, provocative and verbose.

It was also eaten by LJ, which died just as I pressed "Update Journal".

Lightning doesn't strike twice, there's no way I can type it up again.

So instead of the Featured Presentation, you get a rant about intrusive and gossipy co-workers. To wit:

I have one co-worker who I am beginning to dread seeing in the hallways. She always approaches you with a look on her face like she hasn't talked to any sentient life form in YEARS and proceeds to tell you all about how work is going, the weather, the news, etc. Its like one of the little ever-chatting Monty Python ladies that would never shut up.

Except eventually she gets around to modestly snarky comments about other folks in the office, and the conversation always moves towards what I think of so and so, don't you think so and so is such, etc. Its never pointed but is still about as subtle as a chainsaw and extremely awkward.

The worst is when I run into her in the bathroom. She'll start talking while I'm headed for the stall and continue while I'm in there. Maybe I'm just strange but when I'm er, occupied I am NOT conversational.

I don't know whether its just because I'm too nice (wimpy? stunned?) to ask her to back off or whether she does this with everyone. All I know is that it is increasingly annoying and I'm glad her office was moved further down the hall from mine.

sigh.... One more day to go. I can make it through one more day....