Life's Little Lessons

Today my patience was truly tested.

I recently started a temp position. Although the job has many perks, the only con is one of the two people I work for. To protect her identity I'll call her TMB (The Micromanaging Bitch).

TMB is not anything you've never seen or encountered in life. Everyone had or has one in their lives. They're the type of person who not only tells you what to do but how to do it. Not that your way isn't right, but they think their way is the best way. TMB's also have an added bonus: back-handed comments. Things like:

'Those shoes look great on you.'

'You have a lot of potential.'

'You're cute for a dark-skinned girl.'

Well, today she crossed the line. Her comment was so unbelievably offensive that I couldn't respond.

A family of mine (whom I'm filling in for) is having a baby shower on Sunday, which TMB was given an invitation for. On my way out the door, she said the following:

'I'm sorry I won't be able to make the shower, but I'm sending the gift with your co-worker... I figure at least the baby will have something of the best.'

Did she just say?..I must be tripping because she did not just say that? She's making it seem like the baby will only have bottom-of-the-barrel gifts.

Little does she know that she was only given an invitation because she's a show off. No one expected her to show up anyway.

UUGGHHH!

I try to look at everything in life as a lesson. Maybe this is teaching me how to pick my battles. Maybe it's teaching me patience. I'm not sure but she'd better choose her words carefully from now on, because the next time she slips up, I might have to teach her a lesson.