Remember Johnny Shu, Consistent Performer? Yeah, well he's back this year as a fancy schmancy HR Manager earning some ridiculous wages. No more intern crap for him. Nope. Now we have Laura, Cute French Intern, to replace him. And cute she is--and hilarious too.
Laura fits right in with Irene and I, except she is forced to sit on the other side of the office--the non-fun side. Sigh. Poor Laura. She has to walk all the way around the office to come over and crack up with Irene and I with that adorable French accent that she has.We spend lots of time talking about her adventures in the city and warning her of how to be safe. After one long lecture about not walking home along the lakefront at 1:00 a.m. (imminent death in Chicago), I was declared her American mom while she is here. I have taken it upon myself to explain American terms like "booty call" and "over the top" to my French pally--hoping to keep her hip and safe while she is having fun abroad. Her mom can rest easy knowing I'm on the job here in the States.
Now if I can only figure out how to keep her from tripping and ripping up her toes all the time. Girlfriend has some shoe issues or something and she keeps showing up for work with bandaids on her toes. I'm done asking about that.
Just listening to Laura tell her tales in that accent of hers is hilarious-or 'ilarious' as she puts it with her ever-dropping H's. She is cute as pie and I keep threatening to take her home and put her in Colin's newly empty bedroom--something I'm sure Joe would be all too approving of. Imagine explaining a French intern coming to live with us.
Now while you are all jealous of me working with Irene and wacky interns, I have to say they are not all fun. The one that is sitting by Irene and I this summer doesn't think we are funny. Sheesh. Imagine that. Irene and I are hi-lar-i-ous.
It all began with her firing up the labelmaker and me breaking out into the Labelmaker Song that I'm noted for:
Whirrrrrrr.
"Labelmaker!"I sing loudly.
To which I'm met with complete silence.
Whrrrrrrr.
"Labelmaker!" I sing again.
I hear Irene giggle over the cube walls.
Whrrrrrrr.
"Label....."
"I didn't know there was a song for a labelmaker." is the snotty reply. "I suppose there is a song for the tape dispenser too, huh?" is her attempt at being funny.
"No. Why would there be a song for that?!" I say. "That would be stupid."
Yeah, she doesn't talk to us too much anymore. Whatever. We make our own fun, Irene and I.
Well, and Laura too. At least she thinks the Labelmaker Song is funny.
14 comments:
Sometimes you just have to make your own "Work Time Fun".
That's my motto at work "WTF"... ;)
xo Catherine
I take it the not-so-fun intern is the dietician gal? Which she would die knowing a delicious chocolate birthday cake showed up at school on the third day--and I ate a square, a big square.
Just for you, today I am going to sing songs about paper cutters and electric staplers...and chocolate cake.
Oh Lin and Irene and cute French girl please come to my work, please! Mrs Boss comes in saying hi in a tone that says she'd rather be anywhere but there. Mr Boss comes in and blasts me over everything then says hi sweetly to the guy who rents one office and the girl who thankfully may have another job soon that was only temp anyway. And of course it's "YOU need to do something about grandpa's lunch."
Some days you all's comments on here are the only thing that makes me smile til 4pm.
"Oh, it's off to work we go, hi-ho, hi-ho..." And who decided there should be a song for that? That's just stupid.
[cut some slack. either one has a sense of humor, or not so much. nevertheless, I'm happy for you that you have Irene]
Glad you are explaining essential cultural phrases like "booty call" to her.
I work on the fun side of the office at my place of employment. I feel sorry for the people on the other side.
I would like you to put the label maker song on You Tube, please.
oh gad, a young person without a sense of humor or sense of silly - can you imagine what she says to her friends about YOU? What a twit...
In my last workplace (the one I retired from) we had an eclectic mix of color, ethnicity and regions. It made for some interesting conversations at times. You would have considered it dull--we had no label maker song.
Not everyone enjoys work as much as you do.
Not everyone gets to work part time.
Not everyone gets to go home and look at cute goats.
It's the goats that make your day.
Admit it.
Whoever is charge of seating arrangements in your office needs to make some adjustments and get the person with no funny bone moved out and your new step daughter moved in.
Oh this post cracked me up! If I worked in an office I would give anything to work with you, Irene and the french intern! I've worked with way too many people like the intern who sits by you. They are major party poopers and everyone knows work is supposed to be a party!
Catherine--Hahaha! I like that! We definitely have that down where we sit.
Jodi--Yep. And she trash-talks all the food we are eating. Sigh. I can't wait to hear how your co-workers like your office supply tunes!
Helene--I've been there with crappy jobs. I was sooo tentative about getting into another office situation for that very reason. I got lucky this time--who knows, maybe you'll find something new one of these days. Until then, keep humming the labelmaker song. :)
Vanilla--No kidding. NOW the labelmaker song....that's cool! I have been blessed with Irene, Jim, and a cast of other goofs.
Betty--"Labelmaker" is similar to the tune of Mac Gruber from Saturday night live. It's not really all that good, but it sure makes us laugh even if it doesn't make the intern laugh.
Grace--I can't even imagine what she tells her friends and family! Although last week she did say that she thought we were funny, but I think she was lying.
Chuck--The mix sometimes leads to some heated discussions on current topics, so we kinda stick to silly things like "labelmaker" so we all stay friends.
Pricilla--It IS! I do love the goats! They have smiley faces like frogs.
Ann--The interns always just get stuck back in the empty cubes by me and Irene. Now that was fun last year when Johnny was there, but this year--not so much. We tried to get Laura to sit by us, but she had to sit by the girls she is working with. That's okay--she comes to see us and laugh with us.
Beaded Tail--No kidding! Life is too short to be so darn serious. We have a good thing going in the back cubes with me, Irene, and Jim. That is the party room!
You sound like a fun co-worker and I can imagine the camaraderie in your office. Is there a bitch in your workplace?? There was always one in all the companies I worked in.
Hmn...she must be a "Stanley". There to work and go home. People like that are necessary I suppose, just to make the rest of us appreciate our fun spirited nature more. Haha.
You are so mean Lin. She just trying to be socialize. Just like the tadpole in your pond. Swimming in her office environment, try not to get eaten or sucked by water filter.
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