Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Work. Show all posts

Saturday, May 10, 2008

whacky co-workers

We have 2 new people in our team, lets call them Betty and Veronica.
Veronica is 50-60 and a loud, know-it-all-but-really-knows-nothing type who also excels at been there, done that, better than you and for cheaper routines.
V I can just about handle until she starts explaining to me how to do the job I have been doing for 3 years, you know the same job she has been doing for 5 weeks, that makes me crazy.
Betty is 20-25 and a very sweet girl. I have driven her home several times and had some good conversations with her. She is a similar age to my daughter and knows some of the same people.
Our team leader arranged to take us out for dinner as a team building exercise, she decided to make it a mystery destination. We were all fine with that and suspected it was going to be a Chinese restaurant, Veronica loudly declares "I don't eat asian food" and Betty says she has never eaten it. Okaaaaay, boss says its ok the place she has in mind caters for everyone and it should be fine. So last night we go to dinner and it starts well enough, we order a banquet as V decides she may be able to eat a little of what is on the menu we choose, she also gives a lecture about wine and why the bottle she chose was better than everyone elses choices... sigh I obviously did something bad in a past life because she sits next to me!

During the evening she takes over every conversation, talk over the top of everyone else and then make comments about the amount I am eating! I grit my teeeth and try to tune her out.
Meanwhile B makes a comment about never having had banana fritters and wondered what they were like, I asked her if she likes bananas and she gets a strange look on her face and says you are going to think I am weird but I have never eaten a banana, umm ok NEVER?? Nope, she went on to say that the reason she has never eaten a banan is because they are a funny shape!!!! wtf? She tells us that she was a very picky kid and had weird food issues, so we ask like what?
This is where it gets bizarre,when asked what she doesn't eat she says it will be faster to tell us what she does eat!

This girl is 22 and eats mainly the following, Rice, Pasta, Chicken breast, raw broccoli and frozen peas. She doesn't eat any dairy, bread, meat or fish or chicken that MIGHT have a bone in it! She doesnt eat fruit or any other veggies except hot chips, she shuddered when I asked about gravy or sauce on those chips, salad is a no-no as is any margarine or spread. That came up because I told her if she came to my house I would give her a vegemite sandwich.. "err about that I don't eat bread, butter or vegemite either"!! I can't remember the vast list of things she has an aversion too but has never even tried, I am the closest in age to her and old enough to be her mother so a table full of mums couldn't believe she had never even tried them. We did poke fun at her to start with and now I feel bad that she may be regretting sharing her issues with us.

We did say that she would have starved to death at our houses as our kids were made to at least taste new things lol
At least she made V shut up for a while!