Horseplay

First off, I would like to apologize for not posting for about a week. You see, I have been very very busy starting a new job and trying to get back on a normal sleep pattern. Not only that, I am actually sick for the first time in about three years. This isn't quite as bad though. To be frank, last time I was sick things were coming out of every hole in my body constantly and I went to the hospital from dehydration. It's actually kind of funny to tell you the truth. When I went in for the interview for this new job I actually mentioned, for some reason, that I literally never get sick. My first day of work, I get sick. If that isn't karma biting me in that ass, I don't know what it. But I digress.

What I really wanted to talk about is an incident that happened at me at my job today. Well not me per se, but next to me. Myself and two other people whom are training for the same position were patiently sitting there the last five minutes of our shift just sort of talking. Dan, my co worker, is sitting there playing with a rubber band, proceeds to lob it over the cubical to another co worker of ours, and then gets bum rushed. This old woman who constantly looks pissed off comes over to him and stares him in the eye, which by itself is outrageously intimidating enough, and sternly says... " Don't do that again. If you get caught with that kind of horseplay you will get written up." Dan then proceeds to laugh, realizing how ludicrous the situation actually was and probably thinking to himself there is no possible way this woman is serious, then gets yelled at again. She raises he voice and says " I'm being serious!" She walks away and I am completely dumbfounded.

I can tell at this point that Dan is flabbergasted and luckily it was time to go home. I am pretty sure he was going to flip. But anyways, it is at this point I ask... What the hell is horseplay anyways? Who the hell came up with that word? And how does lobbing a gum band over a cubicle constitute such a response? Besides the obvious fact that she was old and haggard, maybe she is not getting any horseplay at home. That would make sense to me.

But seriously, what the hell is horseplay? Apparently in this office you better not do anything out of the ordinary, like play with a gum band or maybe staple some papers together... or else. Not that I don't like this job either. That is the absolute last thing I want people to think. I have only been there for four days now so there is no way in hell I can form that kind of opinion thus far. But I can say that the women in the office are big time gossipers and I don't like it. You have to understand that I am also one of three men in the entire place right now as well. God help me if there are untrue rumors flying around about me that are completely out of nowhere. You know what though? This just came to me... Next time a rumor is flying around I am going to yell at the whole office for horseplay. Because I don't know what the hell it is. Then I will pass out this picture to people.

Horseplay? I call it stupid shit that doesn't matter. Why get all frigging worked up over nothing? What did lobbing a gum band over a cubicle do to hurt anyone? Absolutely freaking nothing. That's what.