can you hear me now???



actually EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so here at work, we software developers work side-by-side with project managers. the software developers are a quiet bunch, keeping our heads down and writing code or messing around online, while project managers make a lot of phone calls to places all over the world in order to get stuff done (TCB, if you will). A lot of these managers talk in a way that everyone in a 3 cubicle radius can hear every word said. they are essentially the rumor mill source (i get to hear about who's quitting or getting canned before anyone else does).

this morning i could hear the boisterous, harley ridin' (except when it's raining outside) project manager who sits over the wall from me talking to the giggly, british project manager who sits across the aisle from me, but they weren't shouting over the cubicle walls (like most project managers do), they were talking on the phone to each other!

actual conversation:
harley dude - "are you going to have doughnuts at the meeting?!?!?! otherwise i'm not gonna show up!!!"
british lady - *giggle giggle giggle* "ha ha...no!"
harley dude - "are you going to have beer then!?!?"
british lady - *giggle giggle giggle* "ha ha...no!"
harley dude - "what time?"
british lady - "3 o'clock"
(...everything gets pretty boring after that)

me and alex (who sits in the cube next to me) had a blast talking mad trash about them (on AIM)

i'm gonna email by boss (who sits 3 cubes away from me) to see if i can get this friday off.