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Day 189: Kvetch!

Posted on the 18 November 2011 by Ellacoquine @ellacoquine
By default, Friday posts are turning into me kvetching about annoying things that happen at work followed by a French pop song recovery. Being a creature of habit and generally not having enough time to write out a proper post because Fridays at work are chaotic, I thought I'd stick to old faithful until further notice.
Today as I was taking my lunch break in the kitchen, away from the madness of up coming deadlines and poor communication and reading the incredibly entertaining Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris, Clémence stomped in. She felt completely entitled to interrupt me mid-bite and sentence to ask me why the stamp machine is off balance. How annoying. I get 30 minutes to breathe and I purposefully eat in the kitchen where I'm away from the phone and desk to fully enjoy my meal. I passive-aggressively chewed my sandwich while answering her question that could have easily waited another 15 minutes since the mailman wasn't due for another three hours. I made sure to mention this with a full mouth of lettuce. I feel bad for writing this but I find Clémence extremely irritating. Somewhere between referring to me as a secretary, almost slicing my neck when I opened one of her envelopes by mistake or the fact that without fail she always changes the settings on the copy machine where I find myself collating 200 pages of paper; by hand, she manages to consistently hit a nerve with me. But maybe I'm just grouchy on Friday...
...that's why I need French pop, to pull me out of my funk and get ready for the weekend! You guys might just kill me for getting this stuck in your head because I promise, it will stay there for a while. This song started as a joke between Séb and I as being one of the most annoying songs currently played on French radio but as with most annoying songs, I surrender to the cheese and end up liking them if not loving them. I can't help it, it's just so damn catchy! And please, for the love of god, look at the red head dancer who incidentally looks like my landlady to the right of Inna. She is the music video. 
Bon week-end! 

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