shame is so in this season

just say no to office entertainment

so there's this guy at the office whose main pleasure in life is to musically announce his presence. he sings, he whistles, he hums. his musical vehicle knows no bounds. however, his musical talent can be likened to that of your garden variety (cr)actress/pop sensation. not wretchedly terrible, but pretty damn far from good. and his path happens to travel by my low-walled cubicle, thus gracing me with aforementioned melodies on multiple occaisions each day. now this wouldn't be a problem if he were to emit anything worth an ear or two, but he doesn't. what comes out are vomit-worthy bubblegum pop songs, tv commercial ditties, and most recently, the hokey pokey. the worst part is that these flybys are not even close to being transient in nature - these songs get stuck in my head until he passes by again with something even more insipid. no amount of itunes shuffling can save me from the wrath of crappy song stuck in my head-dom. (you do the hokey pokey and you - dammit.) it started out as quirky and cute, quickly progressing to unwelcome and annoying, and lately it has been cringe evoking even at the faintest note. i've been at this job for 6 months now. my next step is to ignore him and pretend he's not there. it's all i can do from hurdling my cube and pummeling him right in front of the evp's office. (god i love being passive aggressive).

posted by erica @ 4:20 PM