I HATE Halloween day at work!

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30 Oct 2009, 3:11 pm

I hate Halloween day at work. Everybody is noisy and loud and it goes on all day. It makes it very hard to concentrate on work and I had a meltdown. It took me nearly 2 hours to do a report that normally takes 15 minutes to do as I could not work with the excessive noise level. And I could not tell EVERYBODY on the flood to be quiet just so I could work! And of course I can't scream or throw things which JUST MAKE IT MORE FRUSTATING.! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

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30 Oct 2009, 3:14 pm

I had a total roadblock today. I was supposed to participate with four coworkers in a sketch for our office Hallowe'en party (I am a community theatre actor, performing is fine for me, as long as it's scripted and has a fourth wall!)

Anyway, the performance would be no problem--but I can't bring myself to go into the room where the party is. Fortunately there are others available to take my place, so that my coworkers aren't being let down.

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30 Oct 2009, 4:59 pm

I've rarely been in a job where people did anything for any holiday. Sometimes other departments (like HR) would be in costume, but never the techies.

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30 Oct 2009, 4:59 pm

I agree... working with lots of noise around you is painful. Why don't you get a pair of earplugs?

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30 Oct 2009, 5:41 pm

MathGirl wrote:

I agree... working with lots of noise around you is painful. Why don't you get a pair of earplugs?

Because I do collections. So I am on the phone all day except first thing when I do the report.

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30 Oct 2009, 5:49 pm

Adventus wrote:

MathGirl wrote:

I agree... working with lots of noise around you is painful. Why don't you get a pair of earplugs?

Because I do collections. So I am on the phone all day except first thing when I do the report.

Ah... but you can stick in the earplugs while doing the report and then take them out for the rest of the day.

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31 Oct 2009, 8:09 pm

True.

I found out today that people are generally ruder on halloween. I almost lost it over a guy who was upset at how our cash registers rang up something. As if I could do anything about it. One of my managers also mentioned that everyone was being mean/rude today.

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01 Nov 2009, 11:08 am

At school on Friday... we got candy. A few people dressed up in costumes and I chilled with a vampire. Other than that it was a pretty normal day.

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02 Nov 2009, 12:49 am

I totally forgot Saturday was halloween and was wondering why the heck so many people were dressed up. And people are ALWAYS expecting you to know exactly what they are.

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04 Nov 2009, 4:10 am

Audiophile wrote:

I totally forgot Saturday was halloween and was wondering why the heck so many people were dressed up. And people are ALWAYS expecting you to know exactly what they are.

I know! I have no clue (I haven't put on a Halloween costume or been to a Halloween party in about 25 years - the occasion just does NOTHING for me)

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