Friday, July 10, 2009

Enough is Enough

Lately I have been having a hard time sleeping.  I either get too hot or too cold.  So I'm a little tired.  I was sitting at work one day when my eyes started to get heavy.  I could feel my eyes start to shut.  I hear one of my co-workers (lets call him John) talking in the background.  Suddenly my eyes pop open and I scream, "ENOUGH!"  Before I continue, I think a little back story is in order.  So I have been working with the Ludlows for two years now.  My co-worker, John, has been a surveyor/drafter his entire professional career.  He can calculate and draft like nobody's business.  You'd think that would make him fairly intellectual.  Right?  Wrong!  Like him, I grew up in this community, I went to Juab High School, so there is no excuse for his lack of education.  What could he possibly due to cause such an emotional response out of me?  Well, for two years I have had to sit at my desk and listen to him misuse the word "done."  Example:  "I done that yesterday and it looked alright to me."  Another?  "I done what the client asked me to and he was still upset."  More? "We done it last week and you'll get your map any day now."  Do I need to go on, because I can.  I have 2 years of examples that have been driving me crazy.  Lately it has been getting so bad that whenever I hear him say done, I verbally say did.  Not loud enough for him to hear mind you, but I can't control it, whenever I hear him say done, I have to say did out loud so it makes sense in my mind. 
Back to a few days ago.  As I was drifting off to sleep, John was on the phone and once again he "done a good job on something or other."  Something started to bubble up inside me and I snapped awake, stood up, looked toward him and screamed, "ENOUGH."  I couldn't take it anymore.  I was feeling myself getting more stupid by the second.  I threw caution to the wind.  John was shocked.  All I could say was, "Did, John, Did.  It is "did" not "done" it is not that hard to remember.  Did!!  Did!!  I could feel myself lose grip with reality.  I found myself repeating "did" over and over.  Almost like my mind was in the fetal position and the only defense was to repeat the grammar offense over and over.  Things were starting to get a little hazy, then suddenly . . . I woke up.  I had dreamed the entire scenario.  I looked over at John and he was still on the phone happily saying "done" whenever the occasion called for it.  I grabbed my purse and decided to take a break in case I really did say something.  If I had continued to dream, I wonder if John would have gotten the hint and started using "did" instead of "done."  Hmm.  I doubt it.

4 comments:

Matt said...

Ha! I love it! Hey, I know what it's like to battle the urge to tell a co-worker to speak more intelligently. :)I was wondering why you never told me about the blow up in the office, then i read that it didn't actually happen. Love you.

born2bhappy said...

Thank goodness. You were starting to scare me there. That is just not social etiquette. Glad you were just dreaming, but that in itself if highly unusual for you.

Jenny Stoker said...

Wow! That's rough. I think just biting your tongue is all you can do, but it's good of you to leave when it gets too much! I love ya!

Amy said...

I had a great laugh reading this post! Thank you!