I have to be perfectly honest with you. My number one "obstacle" in my life(professional/personal) is my genuine disdain for most people. I know that comes across as completely awful, however in my defense lot's of people are annoying. It's not my fault if I acknowledge that.
In my volunteer life I have manuevered through quite smoothly. I am the consumate "switzerland". I am able to avoid most unpleasant conundrums and stay above petty drama. In fact I like most people I volunteer with, shockingly.
In my new work life I do not feel the same. I had to have a meeting with a man today that not only is obviously very self concious of his turkey gobbler neck that he feels the need to contantly grope it but he talks incessantly about nothing. I am not good at long conversations about sweatshirts or where people vacation. At one point in our small talk hole of darkness I found myself relating that soybeans are patented and how that has influenced their genetic makeup. As the story was leaving my mouth I found myself shouting from within "What are you talking about? Shove more food into your mouth to prevent stupid from leaving it!".
I guess my next step in my "working gal" life is to become even better at pretending to not want to slowly suffocate my vendor. On a simlar note I do not think I should describe myself as a "working gal" it feels much more Michelle Pfieffer in the Fabulous Baker Brothers than Melanie Griffiths in Working girl. I'm just saying...
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