Cobra

So I've started a new job. It's not a bad gig really...doing support and some web development for a mid-size physician group with a handful of offices scattered around town. I find it much better than my previous consulting gig due to the serious cutback on travel.

There are downsides though. When I took this job, I knew I wouldn't be at the "main office" where my boss spends his days. I'm in one of the larger satellite offices where most of the clerical work is done. "This won't be bad," I thought...

Turns out I'm in gossip central. My cubicle is in the scheduling department for the clinics and I'm SURROUNDED by people who would rather gossip all day than actually answer the phones. I have to listen to the phones ringing off the hook while someone leaves their cubicle to complain about how one of the doctors' assistants talked bad about them one day 2 weeks ago. Or how one of the doctors might be sleeping with his secretary. They also like to complain that we have them blocked from such sites as MySpace, Facebook and Sirius/XM. I know it's pure hell that they can't go and post pointless comments to their friends while their phones ring off the hook or listen to music instead of making appointments with people that pay both my salary and theirs.

I've just never understood what people get out of gossip and I most likely never will. Headphones are my friend right now. :)