This Week on Snarkfest

I'm really not an evil person, but occasionally the snark in me gets out and has a little fun.   Tuesday: Abby's Going Away Lunch There has been this person at our office, let's call her Abigail, who recently put in her 2-week notice.  Approximately four days into her 2-week notice, Abby decided that she didn't really need the reference and just never came back.  This action was indicative of Abby's tenure at the firm, so no one, other than her boss who I could spend an ENTIRE blog on, was surprised.   Nonetheless, we decided that with or without her, we wanted to go out to lunch, so some of us went out to Los Bravos for her going away lunch.  One person asked if we were going to call Abby and see if she could join us.  We didn't really see the need to go that far.  A delicious lunch was had by all and, at least as far as I was concerned, we had a better time without Abby than we would have had with her.  Especially since people who are leaving for newer jobs always gush sickeningly over how much better this new place'll be than the rat-trap they're escaping, never adding 2 and 2 and remembering that the people they're dining with still work there.  Very disturbing.   Wednesday: Abby's Birthday So yesterday afternoon, one of the snarks here, who was not able to join us for lunch, pointed out that today, Wednesday, is Abby's birthday.  We ought to bring in snacks.  This struck us as a very funny thing to do, so yes, we currently have cookies and donuts in the kitchen for Abby's birthday.    While in the kitchen this morning, munching on cookies, another soul who was not able to join us yesterday, came through and asked about the munchies... is it someone's birthday?  Yes, we said, Abby's!  Hilarity ensued!  Then that same precious soul asked if we were going to bring in things on Friday... as it was Abby's last day.    We all thought this was a grand idea, so...   Friday: Munchie's for Abby's Last Day   This has the makings of being a great week.  Abby, a person who really didn't go out of her way to be overly friendly and who was gone from the office as much as she was here during her tenure, has brought the staff (or a good portion of it) quite a few smiles this week.  And she wasn't even here.   This just proves the old adage, (paraphrased here because I can't remember exactly how it goes):  All who pass through this door bring joy to others - some when they enter, and the rest when they leave.