Thanks for the info lovely co-worker

Vinny08

We had some crazy storms all around our area last night.  I just had heavy rain and wind at my house, but some areas had massive hail.So, I just got onto the elevator with a couple of women that I work with.  This one lady was in the middle of a story saying how some woman that she knew had all of her windows broken on one side of her house and all of her window coverings had been ripped and battered.  Once she finished with the story, I asked where this had happened.  She looked at me like I was stupid and said, "it was the hail storm that happened everywhere."Uh, thanks lady. 

BrideBuddies

Are you in the Denver area, Vinny?   'Cause yea... the ENTIRE CITY was buried in mega-tons of hail, right??    At least that was the impression I got listening to KOA this morning.  Idiots.

SarahBethBR

I thought this was going to be about oversharing, so I'll share my off topic co-worker story anyway.A girl Brett works with had an ovarian cyst removed a couple of days ago, and she sent pictures of it to everyone they work with.  Not just close friends, everyone at the station.Side note:  the cyst was 11 pounds!  I kind of want to see the pictures, so I'm glad she's an oversharer.

BrideBuddies

Holy crap!   How does someone walk around with an 11-lb cyst and not think something might be wrong with the internal plumbing???? 

Vinny08

BB - You're in Denver?  Yea!  Somebody local!  Sarah -  1. That is gross.  What would possess somebody of sharing that?!2.  Did your husband happen to mention if that woman had gained noticeable weight before she had it removed?  I think I mentioned once how my secretary and I disagree about another co-worker here.  The co-worker had gained a bunch of weight and looked like she was pregnant.  Rumors then started that she had like a 10 pound cyst.  She was out for about a week and came back looking like her old self.  My secretary is convinced that she went out, had the baby, and gave it up for adoption.  Yes, because 4 days after I gave birth, I was back to my old weight and walking around like nothing had happened.

SarahBethBR

Lord knows I have no room to talk, but she's not a small girl.  She went in with andominal pain. My husband sensitively pointed out to her that her cyst was bigger than most babies.

PDXPhotoGrl

Holy crap. That's quite a cyst.Begin pointless rant:My coworker, who I am normally quite tight with, is driving me crazy with little passive-aggressive emails lately. I think she's jealous that I'm graduating in a week and wants to point out any and all deficiencies I might be exhibiting with little emails that she may or may not CC: the whole lab. i.e., I didn't put the hole punch back in the right spot (after hole punching 7 copies of a 220-page document). Or, my manuscript got published so she sent out a "friendly reminder" email to move the digital copy into the correct folder (which I had already done).She's another grad student, not an admin or a superior, so she has absolutely no business telling (or "reminding") me what to do. She just likes to make a show of being the golden child and it's bugging her that I'm graduating first.Stupid vent over. Thank you and goodnight.PS: one week until you hoars are required by law to call me Dr.PDXPG.

Vinny08

That would make me homicidal PG.  Perhaps you could respond with some equal passive aggression.  "Sorry about the hole punch.  At least you will be able to keep it in its right spot after I leave here with my PhD."Yea!  Congrats on almost being Dr. PG.

tastyburger

11 POUND CYST, HOLY SHIIT. I kind of need to see a picture of that too. also, Dr. PG's story first confused me, then cracked me the hell up. I thought she had a "benign rant" to share (not "begin rant") and I was wondering WTF hole punches had anything to do with benign cysts. Then I used my readin' skillz and figured it out.

PDXPhotoGrl

Eeee, thanks Vinny. I'm beginning to freak out about the oral exam part. But I usually give good oral, so I'm hoping it won't be too bad.

BrideBuddies

Sidebar to Vinny:  I'm just on the other side of the Palmer Divide now but used to live right next to City Park.  

Irishgrl417

Holy crap, an 11 pound cyst! I had a friend who had an ovarian cyst removed-I don't remember how big it was but I know she looked noticeably thinner afterwards. Then she gained the weight back plus some but continued to use the cyst as an explanation.I sure hope these co-workers didn't make anyone uncomfortable making phone calls about the hail damage or cyst removal.