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Someone at work is about to become a grandparent. It’s just amazing the amount of time in the day is taken up with swarms of people stopping by the grandparent-in-waiting’s desk to tell stories about when they were pregnant (and they all tell it with that air that they are an authority on pregnancy and childbirth) and enquire about every detail of the poor mother-to-be’s life. Without knowing her, they know everything about her … what food she doesn’t like at the moment, when her scan is, what sex the baby is, what she’s doing to keep her days busy, whether she’ll be induced by suppository or orally etc etc.

For Godsake gimmie a break! I’ve been witness at 3 births, I have my own memories and experiences and I don’t feel like hearing about it every 5 minutes from the next cubicle!

I’m often stuck in a very unpleasent situation where I have to deal with people who have no time to devote to the ‘small’ things at work. However my working life is about dealing with such things. In order to do my job and process these things I need to know what’s expected and ask questions about all the gaps but I constantly feel that this makes me come across as someone who needs micro-management and someone who cannot think for themselves. A very tricky situation. Who’d be a project manager. Sigh.