I am a something alright

I have discovered a new way to annoy my closest work friends by declaring myself Agreeable Tom. I now wholeheartedly back any and all ideas no matter how ridiculous or counterproductive. I would have thought that this might hurt my soul a bit more than it actually does so maybe I’m not what I once thought I was… To get this done I am implementing a philosophy prescribed by one of my favorite chemically enhanced authors Hunter S. Thompson. For those unfamiliar with his theorem I will provide it for reference.

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

I decided about a week ago that one of my main problems with work is that I have a low tolerance for dumb. Yet, I watch the dumb all around me get ahead under the current regime which brought me to a crossroads. I can either figure out how to have fun at work again or get looking for my next gig. The obvious choice is to begin my job search but that kind of makes me sad. You see I love the work that I do. I love the team that I helped create and the product we deliver to our industries is second to none. I had hoped this would be the company I would retire from even telling myself that this job would be my legacy. Alas, life had other plans.

When things began to change the smartest of my friends could no longer stand it and she got out. I am so proud of her but I kept telling myself it HAS to get better. Except each week it has been a new annoying flick in the nuts. That has morphed into ungloved nut punches and just last week it seemed like life had put on a steel toed boot. So now I’m kind of numb and no one makes good decisions in this state so the first thing I need to do is unfuck my thinking. I need to get back to the rational thought that brought me to this company and the way I see to that state is through.

I am now leaning in to the bullshit. Someone suggests an asinine idea… “That sounds GREAT!” (when asked, because no one likes unsolicited advice) I have even started turning things that piss me off into things I praise the offenders for, openly, in meetings. This morning I thanked someone for the opportunity to do their department’s work because it has taught me so much. Admittedly I sometimes annoy myself but this is the price I currently must pay.

I have to get better at this because I couldn’t look at either of my friends out of fear that they would look angrily at me in such a way that could cause me to laugh. I made it through even getting a couple of thank you-s for my responses. I’m not sure how long I can keep this up but I have something to concentrate on other than the fact that it feels like everything happening right now is wrong.

In other news I got a confirmation email that the awesome/hideous Hawaiian shirt I drunk ordered Saturday night is on its way. And while I was attempting to show a picture of it to another friend I came upon this gem

No your eyes aren’t bad the picture is… My friend Fish is no photographer which should be obvious but the thing that cracked me up is he sent this thing to all of us. And I thought I was buzzed. Another of our smartass friends told him to remove the bald filter and if I knew what that was I might be offended. If you shake your head violently it kind of comes into focus like one of those infuriating dot pictures that I can never figure out. Agreeable Tom says “that is a GREAT pic!