Jho's Place

The Holiday Party

This is reply that I sent to an e-mail...the first part may not make much sense..but it turned into a rather decent story.


Well, I am glad you enjoyed it. I knew you would have the sense of humor to receive the picture :) And I am hip? Who knew? I did not get my picture of me and Santa yet, I will send it your way though when I get it...how is that? And it was a drink free night for me, but still it was interesting. A wife of an Architect here got kinda tipsy/maybe drunk and she was upset at her husband slightly and she seemed to enjoy making snide comments to me. Normally I get along great with her, but like I said she had been drinking. The ultimate comment she made to me was when I was talking about all the cute guys that had just started working for HGA with my friend Victor (he does not work here) and tried to include her with it, and she blurted out, "You know, one day when you are not drinking, you will realize when to stop talking." Now I had taken all the other comments and pushed them aside, but this one could not be ignored. Back in the day I would have just sat there, in fact the first time this ever happened to me was back in High School when this fat, insecure girl that was at the table where I was said, "Do you ever just stop talking?" Well, I took that personally and just shut up right then and there and felt ashamed, and of course she had to dig in deeper. "Isn't it great that Jon isn't talking? God, it feels good to be able to hear myself think." Or something like that. A lot has changed since High School though and I have learned if someone shames you in front of a group of people it is your right, nah your duty to shame them back. After the right amount of pause, I sarcastically said, "Well, first of all I have not been drinking, but thank-you so much for that advice.....it just really warms my heart that you care." And then I was quiet so the others in the group could have the chance to say something and of course no one did. Bitch deserved it. :) On the way out I said goodbye to said Architect and his wife and she said, "It was nice talking to you." "Oh, yes, it was really a pleasure," I said in my best Minnesotan, passive aggressive, bitchy tone.

posted by makeisweet @ 6:24 AM