Rou

Maybe I'm weird. If you ask my girlfriend, she'll say there is no maybe about it. I am weird.

And this is a case of something that just irks me. The place I work is a 24 by 7 place. We share the same desks and workstations. Due to the nature of the shared environment, we each have our own set lockable of drawers to hold personal items, paperwork, that sort of thing.

So, if you recall from an earlier rant, we have to wear headphones if we want to listen to the radio, so that the noise doesn't bother other people on the floor. I have a set of ear buds. I prefer ear buds because I can put one in and have my other ear free to hear the other people I work with.

Now, apparently, at the end of last week, I forgot to lock my cabinets. Totally my fault. However, what annoyed me is that when I came in today, I found that my ear buds had been used. I know, because I carefully wrap them up and twist tie them, and I found them casually strewn about. Plus... well.. let's just say there was wax.

Ew.

So, today, I'm more or less SOL. I'm kinda unwilling to use these buds again. Unless I can figure some way to clean them. Doubtful.

The gist of my anger here is that it's personal space. Not just someone else's property that this guy used. But it's something that goes in my ears. I don't know about the rest of you, but that's my personal space, and it's more of a violation than if they had borrowed some of my books or other supplies.

I suppose it's not obvious to everyone. Maybe I'm just weird.