A Difference of Opinion

This will be pretty short as not much has happened. This is really just an observation on how two different people going through the same event have a varying reaction and attitude. I’m not saying that my reaction is right, or that The Sith Lord’s is wrong. I’m just saying that they’re different. Actually…I take that back…I think I’m right, just not normal.

Knowing that we’re leaving hasn’t affected the way I do my job. I’ve still got to get through the days before I start my next job, and I plan on using this job as a reference for future jobs. I’ve put a lot of time and effort in this job for the last few years, why ruin it at the end by getting sloppy? Sith Lord on the other hand has started getting testy, or testier, with users. There’s still a week left to go and he’s spending less and less time doing his job, and getting more and more lax when he actually does do it. He’s already started showing up late and taking longer lunches.

Here’s where I’m wrong, but probably much more normal. The people that I’ve spent all my time disliking, but holding back my feelings out of a effort to avoid conflicts with the people I work I am now finding myself being more curt and discourteous towards. The Sith Lord on the other hand, who has long had a “don’t fucking talk to me” attitude which has been very successful in keeping most people from trying to socialize, is actually being more accepting and less of a jackass to those we work with, even the ones we both hate with a furious passion.

The only thing we have in common our attitudes towards each other. We both have a feeling of survivors of a hostage crisis that was peacefully resolved. We’ve got our book deals and our spot on Oprah talking about the horrors and the things we plan on doing in the future now that we’ve gotten a second chance at life. It’s like a club in which we are its only members. I imagine it’s got to be annoying for others to have to listen to us both talk about that great green pasture on the other side that we’re convinced we’re heading to. I’d probably hate us right now if I were them.