Loud, noisy, crazy...

Recently I moved to a District 10 cube. It is a tad bigger than my previous hole, like 1/2 a foot bigger. And it has good amenities in that it faces the aisle instead of my previous cube where my back faces the aisle. So privacy is ensured in this prime and landed property.

But I supposed I wasn't deemed to be deserving of the cube since I have not met the grade for sitting there and there are more eligible people who ought to sit there. The only reason why I was able to move there was because of 1) Proximity; it was right next to me and 2) thick-skin: I asked the previous owner and the right bosses.

Anyway, this cube started a chain of events which weren't so nice and ended up with name calling.

Apparently, a particular person had labeled me as "loud, noisy, crazy woman" when asked who had moved into the prime cube. This particular person, though not very close to me, wasn't very distant either. So when others overheard him/her saying it, they were appalled and informed me of the offending remarks.

The assessment of me being loud, noisy and crazy is obsolutely accurate of course (ask Ms Sui), and I'm not affected by it in the least. I don't really give a hoot or even 1/2 hoot to what others in my office think. I was actually quite amused by it. I could have come up with more creative labels. And of course I was quite touched by the indignation and defensiveness a couple felt towards the remarks.

At the same time, I thought it was important to do some self-reflection. Perhaps my loud and noisy ways had affected the way others seated near me work? I know Ms Sui had to make some adjustments... maybe that why she had earphones plugged in last time :P. I should probably ask around my other neighbouring cubes. And if so, I should probably make some changes. Yes, this is not like me at all, trying to accomodate others... but age does strange things to people. It blunts your claws and makes you see things in better, hopefully wiser, perspective.

Anyways, ... I have a good friend coming in soon and I'm looking forward to that. She would be parked right next to me, in my previous non-landed cube! She used to have a habit of sudden exclamations when pissed too. So I won't be alone in doing such things soon.

Hmmm,... I do wonder though if that person who labeled me would also label her. Although I doubt it... because in this case, I do think this particular person had always been prejudiced against me and more so recently. I guess time will tell if I'm right.