A new interpretation

[bronwynrh]

In big faded red letters, the sign reads:

PRIVATE AREA IN USE
DO NOT DISTURB

To yet another cell-phone obsessed Potentia employee, this means
STAND SIX INCHES AWAY FROM THE SCREEN AND TALK ON THE PHONE

Did you know that? I didn't know that.

The *wooshwooshwoosh* didn't tip him off, the several throat-clearings didn't tip him off. The sound of bottles being capped and hoses being un-hosed didn't tip him off, either. Nor did the sound of my bag being zipped.

I came around the screen, boob attachments in hand, to find him - no kidding - six inches away from the screen looking at the DO NOT DISTURB sign. I scowled at him and flipped the sign back over the screen, then slammed the door.

Now there's a new sign with bright red lettering:

PRIVATE
DO NOT
DISTURB

Last month, the building security guard peeked around the screen. And he knows me and knows what I do back there. I don't know what got into him, but he felt terrible about it. I refuse to acknowledge the building manager, who has peeked back there twice, and who helpfully (and on several occasions) suggested that my sign should read

BREAST PUMP IN USE
or
NURSING MOTHER

 

And there was of course the other Potentia employee who peeked back there when I was still pumping for Samuel. He, too, was on the phone, and was so kind as to give a running commentary as he observed the screen and the sign.

In the spring, I lost a $20 bill in the hallway in front of our laboratory door. I went to the security guard to ask if anyone had turned in the $20 I lost, and explained that I had it in my pocket to buy milkshakes for myself and my then-in-hospital mother. The guard had found it and asked around. One of the Potentia employees had claimed it as his own. The guard was angry that someone had lied to him, confronted the guy, and got my $20 back.

I don't know what's wrong with these people...

In other news, Dixon is a big fan of eating and standing up. See?


 

I don't mean to neglect Samuel, but the videos I have are still stuck on the camera. He's learning how to say "bicycle" - or, "bi-glglglglglglgle", to hear him tell it. He's picking up all sorts of 4- and even 5-word phrases, like, "Hi Julie, let's play!" and, "Baby Dixon go night night". We have to work hard to understand him, but he's improving. His vocabulary is exploding and his counting and letter-recognition skills are great. I'm just so proud of him and the progress he's making every day.

Comments

[travellight.livejournal.com]

I don't much care for those people you work with. They don't really seem smart enough to be doing the sort of things I think they're doing.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

I don't work with them, thank goodness. Their company has several suites on this floor. We're in one of those business incubator buildings, with several small companies under one roof.

[kendokamel.livejournal.com]

Ugh! What is wrong with those people?

Perhaps next time, you could say really loudly (so the person on the other end of the line can be CERTAIN hear), "SO WHAT PART OF 'PRIVATE: DO NOT DISTURB' DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? OR ARE YOU JUST TRYING TO SECRETLY CATCH A GLIMPSE OF MY BREASTS?"

[bramey.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA! YES! I will try that.

[mysterygal11.livejournal.com]

Wow. Maybe what these people need to see is a great big sign that says "FUCK OFF."

[bramey.livejournal.com]

I would do that, but I'd probably lose my job.

[blakdove.livejournal.com]

Dixon is such a cutie! And I'm so proud of Samuel! He sounds just like Jordan, a little guy I babysat. He would not speak, not a word, until he was almost 3, even though he's very bright. Now he's suddenly talking up a storm.

[platofish.livejournal.com]

Re: What is wrong with these people...

The work for a company that

"assembles an innovative and multi-faceted drug pipeline through a combination of selective in-licensing and internal research and development

no one really knows what that means.

[bramey.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

I knew you'd look them up. You're right - that doesn't make any sense!