Warring Fractions, Divided They Fall & How The Fuck Do You Spell Conscientious??!!

Extreme?? Maybe. But it feels like Im stuck in the middle of a war zone within the office, as I shall explain. It all stemmed back from yesterday when JK wrongly slagged off J in front of a client; blaming her for his own mistake. Naturally J saw red but she didn't say anything to JK about it. Instead she called our sympathetic Director & head of our Staffing Committee. I duno why so don't ask me. She proceeded to vent her spleen to him. Meanwhile JK just carried on with life as normal.

Overnight it turns out J had words with hubby & our supposed glorious leader, E (he's not physically back in the office til next Monday afternoon) which angered and upset her by turn. So today when she came in she was gunning for JK. They had a quiet but venomous slanging match in the privacy of JK & E's office at about 8.55am which resulted in E & JK deciding to move from their current office to the one across the corridor, well away from us. Eek.

I've lost my play mate in JK. I know he annoys me but he's the one that makes the most time for me within the office & is always there with a hug when I'm feeling upset. Now its going to be too quiet with them all the way across the corridor coz the drivers won't come into mine & J's offices anymore either so I'll loose R too.

* sob *

However on the plus side I might get their old office if our volunteer admin works out as she'll be sat at my existing desk doing the front of house aspect of my job, which frees up my time for the more important accounting side of things. What joy. I wouldn't mind so much if I got a pay rise.

But Im wandering. The office now has a hostile atmosphere with JK on one side, & J on the other. Im stuck in the middle - literally as my office is sandwiched between the two of theirs - & both warring fractions want me to be on their side. While I don't agree with JK mouthing off in front of clients, I also don't agree with J going straight to a Director. She should have raised the issue with JK himself when he got back to the office instead of ignoring him & sulking like a two year old child.

There's a book running on whose side I am actually going to join. J's the favourite amongst the guys coz I work with her more but I personally have a soft spot for JK. This is all so wrong. We have enough people trying to tear our business apart without us turning on each other.

So this is my plea for peace because all this has distracted everyone's attention to what was going to be my big grievence speech today. Now I have to wait till a more appropriate time by which time I'll have forgotten what I wanted to give everyone grief about!

On a happier note I bumped into MR with whom we share this shit hole of a building - in the toilets! I was actually on my way to the kitchen to find R & you have to pass the toilets before you get to said kitchen & MR was in there with the door open. Have to say for all he's not very tall he is rather a big boy & wasn't remotely fussed that I'd clocked him. In fact we proceeded to have a conversation while he carried on with his business, which then spilled over to coffee (yes he did wash his hands) in his office. He said I didn't look very happy today which isn't me as I usually always have a smile for everyone. Anyhoo, with a brand new audience to moan at re work & my cough from hell I filled him in on all the gossip.

He offered to fix me up on a date - he runs a dating agency but its for professionals like doctors, lawyers, accountants, business men & women etc & is rather expensive to join at £2,500 a year membership & thats just the very basic type of membership! I declined his offer. He said I could change my mind at any time & he'd do it for free. However it's not his clients I want & he knows it!

Still, they say we always want most what we can't have & quite frankly I was just glad to have someone to talk too after hardly saying anything all day. Plus it was nice to escape the war zone for half an hour so thanks MR!

And finally. How the fuck do you spell the word "conscientious"?? I am convinced I am right & according to microsoft word I am indeed correct. J however wouldn't have any of it & so spelt it her way (conscientios). Now she does often cut her own nose off despite her face when it comes to being being right about something & she isn't because she refuses to acknowledge she's wrong. But on this occasion she needed the word for a poor volunteer's reference to accompany his job application form. Also what's the point of a dictionary when you already need to have some idea of how to spell the word in the first place before you can even look it up??!! To think the person that invented it made their millions using this scam.

Well thats your lot for this week.

Ciao folks xx

TJ