Hi Everyone!!!!  Well, I'm gonna try to be back.  But like my tag line says, I'm back with a vengenace!  

I recently had an adventure that I would like your take on.  Let's see if I am so totally abnormal that I should hide or maybe just repent.

I have a coworker that just really out does herself to spite me every chance she gets.  Without going into great detail, let me just give you a quick setup.  She works the shift before me.  What she does or doesn't do greatly effects what I have to do in order to handle my responsibilities on my shift.  For the last few months this woman [ I refrain from calling her a lady because she isn't] has deliberately done things to make my job as hard as she can.  I had kept my mouth shut about it for a long time, but finally decided that she had enough fun and that I was going to push her buttons as much as she does mine.

A couple of days ago, I had a situation with her that I just couldn't let pass without comment.  She had seemed to really have outdone herself.  So before she walked out the door I decided to thank her.  My exact words were, "I would personally like to thank you for being a bitch today."  Naturally she replied, "You're one every day."  I said, "Thanks!  It's nice to know that I can still keep up with the Jones'."

The next day I had a voice mail for me to come to work 30 minutes early.  I was waiting for this.  You see, my work area has about 40 cameras and 3 microphones.  I  know this.  And because of this I planned carefully what I said, in the hopes that someone would request to view the tapes and see exactly what happened and why.  My boss seems to think this other woman can do no wrong if you know what I mean.  I expected this woman to cause some stink about what I said.  I have tried to discuss my interactions with this woman to my boss, whom doesn't want to deal with it.  But now since someone goes and tattle tails, she has too deal with it.

Anyway, I get to work and find that I got wrote up for calling this woman a profane name.  We argued about it for about 5 minutes.  I said I didn't call her a bitch and she said that I did.  I quoted what I said verbatim and my boss says it's the same thing. 

Now it's your turn to decide.  Did I call her a bitch?  I don't think so.  I didn't say, "So and so, you're a bitch!"  I was referring to her behavior not her character even though most days they are one and the same.

So tell me, do I repent?  I think not!!