WE'VE ADOPTED A NEW KITTY. HER NAME IS SOPHIE. SHE IS A SCRAWNY LITTLE THING. SHE IS BLACK AND WHITE, WITH AMBER EYES. SHE HAS ALREADY HAD KITTENS, AND SHE IS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD. SHE WAS JUST SPAYED (BOB BARKER WOULD BE PROUD!) AND SHE IS A MOODY LIL' THING.

SHE HAS BEEN HOLDING HER OWN FOR THE PAST WEEK. SADIE AND SHELBY REALLY WANNA GET TO KNOW HER, BUT SOPHIE ISN'T HAVING IT. SHE LIKES TO CUDDLE AND NUZZLE THE NECK.

I GOT INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH A COWORKER. I GUESS LIKE THE OTHER COWORKERS, I SHOULD GIVE HER A NICKNAME. HMMM, I'LL CALL HER "SASSY." SASSY COWORKER TRIED TO GET ALL UP IN MY KOOL-AID ON THURSDAY. RIGHT AFTER I CLOCKED IN SHE WENT OFF ON ME. ON WEDNESDAY, MY CORP. OFFICE CALLED SAYING WE HAD A LAYAWAY THAT WAS IN VIOLATION OF POLICY. SO I LOOKED IT UP AND IT HAPPENED TO BE "SASSY'S" AND I TOLD THEM IT WAS AN EMPLOYEE LAYAWAY. THEY STARTED BARKING AT ME ACTING LIKE I'M THE ONE WHO SET IT UP. I TOLD THEM OBVIOUSLY IT WAS THE MANAGAER WHO HAS TO DO ALL THOSE KIND OF EMPLOYEE TRANSACTIONS, AND TO GET OFF MY BACK. THEN THEY WERE LIKE WELL, BE SURE TO PRINT THE MEMO. SO I DID. I INFORMED THE ASST. MGR FOR HER TO TAKE CARE OF IT. WELL SO THEN ON FRIDAY, SASSY WAS LIKE ALL HISSY AND WHIPPED OUT THE PAPER I PRINTED AND WAS LIKE RAISING HER VOICE AND SHAKING DEMANDING TO KNOW WHY I SINGLED HER OUT. SHE WOULDN'T LET ME EXPLAIN ANYTHING. I TOLD HER TO CALM DOWN AND TALK TO ME AND NOT AT ME. SHE THOUGHT I WAS TRYING TO MICRO-MANAGER HER APPARENTLY. WHATEVER. SHE SAID I SHOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN INVOLVED AND TO LEAVE IT TO THE MANAGEMENT.

I BLURTED OUT TO HER THAT IT CAME ABOVE MANAGEMENT FROM CORPORATE AND THAT IT WAS A VIOLATION AND I HAD LEFT IT UP TO THE ASST. MGR TO HANDLE.DUH! I SAID FINE THEN. SHE WANTED MNGMT TO DEAL WITH IT, SO I CALLED THE MANAGER AT HOME ON HER WEEK LONG VACATION TO TELL HER SASSY WAS FLIPPED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE PUT IN HER PLACE. BOSS TOLD ME I WAS IN THE RIGHT, AND THAT SHE DOESN'T NEED TO CARRY ON LIKE THAT, BUT APPARENTLY "SASSY" HAD GONE TO THE BOSS AND TOLD HER I HAVE BOSSY HABITS. SO WHEN SHE TOLD ME THIS I ASKED HER WHY SASSY HADN'T COME TO ME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT IT, AND ALSO WHY BOSS HADN'T TALKED TO ME ABOUT IT. HOW CAN I CORRECT SOMETHING IF I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT?

SO THEN I STARTED HAVING ASTHMA ISSUES FROM GETTING WORKED UP, AND I TOLD BOSS I WAS CLOCKING OFF TO GO HOME AND I'D BE BACK. WHEN SASSY HEARD THIS, SHE SAID TO ME THAT I NEEDED TO BE BACK BY 1:30 SO SHE COULD GO TO HER DR APPOINTMENT. I LAUGHED IN HER FACE AND TOLD HER THAT AFTER WHAT SHE JUST PULLED NO WAY. I'LL BE BACK WHEN I GET BACK. I WALKED OUT TO MY CAR AND WENT HOME TO DE-STRESS. I DID PURPOSELY COME BACK AFTER 2:00 AND NOT FELT GUILTY. WHY SHOULD I? I DID NO WRONG.

A FEW HOURS LATER, SASSY STARTED TO TALK ABOUT HOW SORRY SHE WAS, AND THAT SHE WAS WRONG, AND THAT SHE SHOULD'VE LET ME EXPLAIN, AND HOW SHE ASSUMED THE NOTE I LEFT FOR THE ASST. MGR WAS A NOTE AND NOT ANYTHING ELSE. I WAS LIKE HELL YEAH. I TOLD HER SHE IS NOT TO EVER DO THAT TO ME AGAIN. I GOT RIGHT UP TO HER FACE AND LOOKED DOWN AT HER. SHE STANDS LIKE 6 INCHES SHORTER THAN ME. I SCOWLED AT HER AND BACKED UP. I ASKED HER WHY SHE DIDN'T COME TO ME IN A REASONABLE MANNER. WE ALWAYS TALK TO EACH OTHER! WE ARE FRIENDS AND PROFESSIONAL COWORKERS. SHE IS THE IND OF GAL THAT SPEAKS HER MIND REGARDLESS!

I ACCEPTED HER APOLOGY AND THANKED HER FOR IT. I TOLD HER IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. WE WERE FINE THE REST OF THE NIGHT. HOLY SHIT I WAS PISSED.

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