We are People So Bitter

A little bit of background...a co-woker that shares the same office with me has been really bitter lately. to give her the benefit of the doubt, she's had a rough year; a couple of relationships that have gone south and not passing an interview to a job that she really wanted, to name a few.

I can always tell what mood she's in when I walk in the door by the way she acknowledges me when I say "good morning". If it's a cheerie good morning, she's in a good mood and we'll have a very talkative day....if it's an under her breath, 'morning', she's in a foul mood and I know to keep my distance. Oh and we won't get into the slamming down of files....

Anyway, her most recent break-up was about a week before christmas. She had been dating this guy since October. Not a long period of time and they only went out once a week, but it's still hard on her.

So fast forward to today. I get to the office. She is there before me. I walk in all in a good mood, because I had a great Christmas! I say "good morning!" I got the under her breath 'morning' and nothing more. I just instantly felt stress because I knew it was going to be a bad day.

Then about 15 minutes or so after I got in and settled, another co-worker comes into the office to drop some paperwork off. He was in a good mood also and says "Good morning everyone!! How was your Christmas?!?! All of the sudden she piped up with the most sarcastic "SHITTY!!!!" I cringed, didn't say a word and neither did Al. He dropped off what he had and quietly left the room. Not another word was exchanged between me and her and Al kept quiet the next time he had to come into the room.

Oh well, at least I'm home now and happy...who knows what kind of mood she will be in tomorrow...I can only hope that when the time comes for her to be able to redo the interview, that she decides to take it and passes it....otherwise, I'm in for a L.O.N.G. 2009