Recklessness....

why do the folks with the most to lose act the most reckless? you have a family at home you need to take care of yet you are at work acting like you chillin in high school hallways.

heres a scenario (all names have been changed to protect the innocent, ha!)

I work for a consulting firm named beans brown and harper. with offices all over the metro area, i work in one of the many downtown area offices. we have a very diverse group of folks from all over working here with a wide range of backgrounds, however our receptionist represents a new diverse group that has envaded america. although every urban metro area has this group, they are not yet widely accepted. this group is known as the 'urban suburban' otherwise known as the 'hoodburbans.' these are the folks that 'used to be' in the hood, but now have 'moved up' (possibly first generation) or atleast physically. mentally some of them are still in the hood.

now back to the receptionist. beautiful young lady (aspiring model actress video chick with a cute baby girl), who if she gets it together could possibly have a great future as an admin. well lately her actions have been leading her (and her daughter) towards a future in the unemployment line. not only do we not see a need to show up to work everyday ontime but when we are here we are every where in the office but at our desk. now by we i mean she who we will name divesha.

a receptionist is supposed to be here no later than 10 minutes before 8am. well divesha averages 10 after 8am. lunch is supposed to be an hour. well when divesha goes to lunch she averages about an hour 15 minutes. i was with her one day when we were gone for 2.5 hours shopping for an outfit for one of her model actress video chick engagements. i am like do you realize how long we have been gone? well divesha says if you ready to go then lets go. me, i am not saying we gotta leave although we need to be headed in that direction however you do realize YOU were supposed to be back to the office over an hour ago. divesha, no i told them i was stoping by donor building first so technically they dont know when i left for lunch. me, whatever you say. divesha, how does this shirt look? u think i can pull it off as a dress (yes i said shirt and yes she asked me could it be a dress)? me, provided u dont tie it up like its supposed to be u may be able to work it out. divesha, how bout if i just tie it like this? me, then it looks a mess. no mater how you tie it, its gonna be too short and your ass is gonna be hanging out. rolling on to another store, how about this top? me, that will make a nice mini dress but u r gonna need something on under there or atleast a better bra.

so now that you have a mild history on just one of her antics, let me tell you what prompted today's post. yesterday divesha and another admin, who is also an aspiring model actress video chick, bought in clothes for this engagement they had that night trying to fiugre out what to wear. so not only did they turn my office into a closet, divesha left her stuff all over the place as if she was at the crib. note: please please please, new generation fashionistas, please please please realize that A BLACK TOP OR SHOE OR ACCESSORY DOES NOT GO WITH EVERYTHING!!!! i repeat, A BLACK TOP OR SHOE DOES NOT GO WITH EVERYTHING!!!! **rolling eyes and shaking head** so the clothing decision goes on for about 20-30-45 minutes. while making said decsion we discover that we have left an item at home and that one of the items that we brought in (which was found on the bedroom floor) is dirty so that is out. then we remember a phone call that needs to be made to babydaddy so that he can watch babygirl tonight. well that in itself starts a whole new episode.

so now we have stopped matching outfits to hold a convo with babydaddy's mama cause babydaddy is not home. during the course of the conversation, we not on belittle babydaddy to his momma (after being told that technically he doesnt live there any more, something we suspected but didnt know for sure till now) but we also inform her that he needs to go to prison cause jail is not working to correct his issues. yet you dont understand why the hell she told you bye and hung up on you. WTF!!! is there air in your head? is the little hampster not spinning on his wheel? if someone said that to you about your daughter you would be pissed off whether it be true or not. no one wants to hear that bull especially for the crazy baby momma that has chased after his behind for years no matter what he does. sheesh! message: an old proverb said something like dont argue with fools cause from afar no one can tell who's who(or something like that, you get the point).

now i didnt mention that the whole time divesha is on the phone she was supposed to be working on a project for another person in the office as well as answering the phone and the door and assisting other office members. one office member came to her while she is sitting away for her desk on the phone with babydaddy's momma and she completely blows the chick off like shes not there. ah punkin, that is your job to service her. you dont get to pick in chose who you want to do for and who you dont. nope, if that were the case then hell i would have a very short list my dang self. i mean how do you blow off one of your office members for a PERSONAL phone call. then have an attitude when they wont go away. then we get back on the phone this time with babydaddy himself and engage in a convo that turns into an argument. now today we dont come to work cause we are tired because of previously mentioned engagement and dont feel good because babydaddy has blown our head over some crap that he has saidand or did. now we dont want to bring any of the personal drama to work. pumkin you started it at work. so thanks but ah little to late u think? **looking cross-eyed**

do you not realize that when you come to work you are supposed to be about the business of work and not extra-curricular? Lord help us all if this our future generation that is supposed to take up where the retiring baby boomers are leaving off.

stay tuned as divesha has more episodes and antics.