A Coworker
A coworker confronted me at work today
he said
he knew
what my problem was
“You know what your problem is Toby?”
I was tempted to answer, “The ever looming fear of auto-erotic asphyxiation.” or “Nietzsche’s Transvaluation of Values.” but I was kept silent by the sincerity wrinkle on his forehead
He continued,
“Instead of seeing how you can help other people here at work,
you only see what you can get out of them for yourself.”
I waited for more but that was it
and we were silent as he looked at me
with the sort of smug confidence of an armchair quarterback
who had guessed correctly the penalty flag was on the defense
I considered his words in my mind but before I agreed or disagreed
I felt I needed some clarification
“Logan, What is it that you think I get out of working with a bunch of horse fucked simpletons?”
His face changed
and at this point he brought up a different complaint
