Needing Good Office Buddies Is Self-Evident
I work in a call center that provides services that can’t have a day off, so a few of us are working July 4th, talking to government departments, international clients, etc. It’s been a long day, and some of us are very cranky.
Coworker #1: “You think the Founding Fathers envisioned tech support when they wrote the Constitution?”
Coworker #2: “Only the part about cruel and unusual punishment.”
Coworker #1: “We could declare our own independence.”
Me: “From what, exactly?”
Coworker #1: “From software patches. From quarterly compliance training. From [Manager]’s reply-all emails.”
She stands, lifts her empty coffee cup like a torch.
Coworker #1: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all techs are tired, caffeine is life, and meetings could’ve been emails.”
[Coworker #2] I raises her mug solemnly.
Coworker #2: “Give me liberty, or give me PTO.”
Thanks to those two for making the day bearable!
