We have a new jackass at my company that constantly has to send out everything he finds. I think that he believes he’s far more advanced than everybody else just because he uses Digg. He finds these links, then emails them. I see the email appear. I ignore it. I’m workin’ here! You know? Doing what I’m paid to do. As I worked for a few more minutes, I knew it was coming. He just couldn’t contain himself anymore. His head sprung up over the cubicle wall. “Did you get that thing I sent you?”

Since I didn’t see his fascinating clip of a skateboarder taking a spill yet, the jackass smiles as he walks over to my cubicle and orders me to look at it now. Then he stands over me and waits. I’m way to nice to tell him that I’m busy. So I endure watching the clip. It’s not funny, but I put on a fake laugh. Now it’s time to act like I have to go to the bathroom so that I can get away from him. As I turn around, my boss is standing right there. The breath completely left my lungs.  There is no way to explain yourself out of a situation like that. I look worse than the other guy since I was watching it on my screen. My fault though for not simply saying “I’m busy right now.”

People that send things… you must stop! If you want to share links with others, please let them watch on their own time. No more having to show people now. I understand you enjoy laughing with somebody else, but you are annoying. Just stop. OK? Now I’m off to watch that clip of the monkey whizzing in it’s own mouth. Priceless!