When you share an office with people, there are time when you inevitably overhear conversations that aren't work-related. For the most part, you pretend to ignore things, and maintain the "illusion of privacy" -- that tacit understanding that you can't/won't/haven't heard anything.
Sometimes, though, you just can't help but "tune" back into conversations when snatches of dialogue come floating across the room and over the cubicle wall.
Take this gem, courtesy of my boss:
" ... the delicious ambiguities that life sometimes offers ..."
Or my absolute favorite:
"Can’t you suck it up and be unhappy like most couples?"
WHAT?!
Oh, yes. He really did say that (to one of his friends), and oh, yes, I really did start laughing, very very loudly.
I think that's the perfect saying for a series of greeting cards and/or to be needle pointed onto a pillow. I can even envision the marketing campaign, targeted at therapists, marriage counselors, divorce attorneys, and custody arbiters, not to mention as a series of anniversary or snarky cards.
Now, if only I could draw ...
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