"Is it still worth it?"

[jane_pippin]

Yes. As long as I have to deal with you, it's worth it and then some.


What prompted this, you ask? Well someone in the building who I barely know, (I've seen the guy 2 times in my life, once last week and again just now. In fact, these 2 interactions are the only interactions I've ever had with the guy), saw me last week outside of the building on my smoke break. I was far away from the entryways, as I always am on my breaks. The area is by no means a high traffic pedestrian area--usually I'm the only person on the whole block who's outside when I'm out there. So he sees me last week on a day that was ridiculously stressful, points to my cigarette and calls out, "Is it worth it?" And I say, "Yes. Yes, today it certainly is." And thought that was the end of it. But no. Just now I pass him in the hallway (where I am of course not smoking, but which is filled with the scent of his frickin' incense wafting out of his office's open door for all to "enjoy"), and again he has to bust out, prompted by nothing, "Is it still worth it?"

I mean, come on man! Leave me alone. And I was walking through the hall with some potential clients, (who were a bit put off by his incense, as it turns out), trying to have a conversation with them when this guy had to interrupt us and chime in because...why? I have no idea. Perhaps it was just the goodness of his heart that moved him. I can't wait until my last day here. Can. Not. Wait. Yes, I know I should quit smoking and as soon as I'm done working here I plan to give it a shot. So yeah, I know he's right. I also know he should mind his own goddamn business. That smarmy holier-than-thou routine makes me want to go sit outside of his door and chain smoke a carton of 'em.

I'll put on my flame suit but first I'm going outside to burn one.

Oh, and disclaimer of sorts: No, I'm not necessarily equating cig smoke with incense. I do, however, see a certain irony there which is why I brought it up at all.

[LaurenG]

1. He needs to mind his own "bidness"

Tell him we said!

[jane_pippin]

10. Will do.

:thumbsup:

[Lavender Brown]

2. He's burning incense at work?

That seems really inappropriate. :wtf: As is his nagging.

[jane_pippin]

4. It's a weird place.

But even with it being a weird place, I do think it's a little inappropriate. Nobody's told me he isn't allowed to do it, though I think if other people in the building complained we'd have to ask him to stop.

[LaraMN]

3. Do they make marlboro scented incense?

Just might make a nice farewell present for him.

[jane_pippin]

5. Lol. That and a hearty

"fuck you" on my last day (which, by the way is next Friday and can't come fast enough), would feel very good. Of course, I won't do it but man do I want to.

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Is it still worth it?

I mean, you know you'll die one day, don't you?

[jane_pippin]

7. WHAT? Here I thought I was immortal!

Damn it!

It's worth it until next Friday which is the last day I'll have to deal with this place. After that, since I won't be making as much money and kind of want to quit anyway, no. Then it won't be.

[Sugar Smack]

8. GRRRR! I fucking HATE asshats like that one.

Going OUT of his fucking way just to give you a hard time. I mean shit, I hate it when someone comments on my lunch, etc. But that shit is utterly ridiculous.

:pals:

Please tell him Sugar Smack said, "Mind your own goddamn business".

[jane_pippin]

9. I know, right?

I could understand if it was directly affecting him and then he says something, but in these cases it was not.

I'll deliver your message next time--and lord knows there will probably be a next time.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Tell him for me, too

But make it "Mind your own FUCKING business."

:grr:

[Sugar Smack]

14. There probably will.

People who really like to provoke for the sake of it have to be dealt with swiftly & severely.

BTW, your journal CRACKS me up! :rofl: :applause:

[jane_pippin]

20. Hey thanks.

One of these days I'll even add something else to it. Maybe.

Yours is, of course, fantastic. You're so talented. (But you knew that.) :D

[Sugar Smack]

33. Thank you so much!!

I have you in there so I can click on your graphic. :rofl: :patriot:

[seemunkee]

11. Are you my father?

Then shut the fuck up.

Tell him you use it to help hide the hippy stink coming out of his office.

[jane_pippin]

16. God I hate that shit.

Luckily it's on a different floor than my office so I only have to smell it once in a while. Nothin' like a hippie who is also a dick, eh?

[swag]

12. He's got a crush on you

and a jackass way of showing it.

[jane_pippin]

17. Oh joy.

That's just what I need. I just don't get why anybody would do that. It was completely unwarranted.

[hfojvt]

27. it is a mostly friendly intro - you need a reason to say hi

Non-smokers do not have the social advantage of bumming a cigarette or a light or just hanging out with other non smokers.

Really, it's not like he gave you the finger or yelled at you for a couple minutes or gave a big anti smoking lecture. The 2nd time was just a chance meeting and a way to say "we meet again".

I think you are being overly defensive and nicotine deprivation is making you cranky. :hide:

[jane_pippin]

29. lol. While you make good points, I'm pretty sure that isn't the case

in this situation. This guy runs his business with his wife and I'm sure he thought he was just joking around. That's how I took it the first time he said anything, and how I responded with my "yes, it is, ha ha" answer. I did try to laugh it off the first time and really, if that was the only time I wouldn't care. It's that he brought it up again, totally without a reason to that bugged me today. And that it wasn't in the course of a conversation or a "hello, how are you" as we passed in the hall. Just "Is it still worth it?" If he wanted to say "we meet again" then he should have just said that.

It's not like I'm going to be super-pissed about it all day or anything, but when I first posted this I thought it was pretty rude on his part to bring it up again out of nowhere for no reason, and I still do think it was pretty rude on his part to say anything about it at all today. I don't think I'm being overly defensive-I was just annoyed, and rightfully so, and needed to vent a little. I wouldn't have posted at all if, say, I was smoking in the hallway and he said it, or smoking in the doorway to the building. But it wasn't that way at all.

Plus, the guy's got 20 years on me, a wife, and I have a boyfriend, so if he's actually lookin' around for something other than a "hi how are you" hallway relationship (which again, I don't think is the case anyway), he's looking in the wrong spot. Plus, why would someone who says something about smoking to smokers be looking for some action with a smoker?

Sorry for the long post. When I don't have my sweet sweet nicotine I get all wordy. :D

[swag]

30. Why do you expect his overpowering love for you to be rational in any way?

[jane_pippin]

35. Ah, yes, my smoky mystery has muddled his brain with desire.

I forgot.

[hfojvt]

34. I cannot speak for married guys, but perhaps old guys

a little banter did not mean he was looking for more than a "hi how are you" hallway relationship, but those have to start somehow as well.

I might sometimes say something about smoking to smokers, but I also wanted to marry a girl who smoked so it is not a total relationship barrier, but even moreso when you see somebody who otherwise seems really cool and awesome who is poisoning herself. You have to say something, but the "is it worth it?" line is kinda another way of saying "this sure is a crappy day to be outside smoking, isn't it?" followed by "remember me, I'm the 'is it worth it?' guy?" Or did it happen on the same day?

I push the nicotine gum, it causes less air pollution. Expensive stuff though.

[jane_pippin]

36. Well that's true.

I don't really think that's what's going on. And, like I said in other posts, I could see why he'd say something if I was actually smoking at the time--it at least makes some sense that way-- and the first time I was, but this time I wasn't. The first time was last Friday and then today was the second. It's really not that big of a deal. I just thought it came out of nowhere this time since it's literally all he said and he had to interrupt me and some other people in order to do it. I agree, I'm sure he was just trying to be friendly. It's just that it came across as rude instead and I wanted to vent a little about it.

[trackfan]

37. That was my thought too. n/t

[Magrittes Pipe]

15. Once you leave, lemme know where his office is.

I'll find an excuse to pay him a visit (as a client or whatever), and light up a fat Dominican churchill in his office. And keep puffing away until security drags me out.

What a cock.

[jane_pippin]

18. Ha! Way to bring the hurt.

Yep. Total cockitude in action there. Well, not "in action." That would be repulsive on several levels.

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. Heh.

The new "Asshole Co-Worker" figure! Now with Action Cock(tm)!

[jane_pippin]

22. Now that would make a million dollars.

You could do a whole line of Office Action Figures and Playsets. What stunted adult wouldn't buy that? I'd pick a few up.

[Oeditpus Rex]

21. I was taking a smoke break once

walking around the block. As I got back to the building I encountered a woman walking her dog. I said "Hello" or something, rather pleasantly, and she looked down at the dog and said, "We're gonna die!"

I was absolutely dumbfounded.

[jane_pippin]

26. Oh jeez. Maybe she was just reminding herself of some larger truth.

Gee, Rover, we're gonna DIE someday! Imagine that!

:rofl:

People are so weird.

[1gobluedem]

23. I would have to choke anyone burning incense in my building

I can't stand it. Why is that not offensive?. At least you aren't forcing others to inhale your smoke.

Our news director has those Renuzit or Glade, whatever it is, plug in air fresheners that just poisons our end of the building. It smells like the candle aisle at the dollar store. It gives me a horrid headache. People don't think.

[AirmensMom]

32. I was thinking the same thing.

All that stuff makes me SO sick. You're right -- people don't think.

[no name no slogan]

24. you should burn something

like a tire. One from his car should work. Especially if it's still on the car.

Give it a try.

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. Or his hair.

[no name no slogan]

28. If it's good enough for Wacko Jacko

it's good enough for him.

[nini]

31. Ask him if the viagra is helping him

or some similar question of his manhood.

what an ass.. he needs to mind his own business.