However, I've been hesitant to reveal the Twilight side of my life to anyone at work, for fear of at best - eye rolling, at worst - open ridicule and criticism. I've done well guarding my secret at work. That is until a few weeks ago in the break room when I was caught off guard by a smokin’ pic of His Royal Hotness in a copy of a rag mag that some thoughtless co-worker left haphazardly sprawled across the lunch table. It happened so fast…I set my lunch bag down, started to pull out a chair and caught sight of the feast set before me. I froze and let out a very audible and breathy gasp - an involuntary reflex caused by Robjaw - some of you know what it is I suffer from. Two co-workers happened to be at the table and would have been deaf to not hear the noise I made. They both look at me and say “Whaaat?” I stutter and stammer trying to think of a good cover like “I forgot a fork for my salad” or “Shit, I forgot to punch out”. But before I can spit it out, one of them follows my gaze which is locked on to the magazine like a tractor beam. She leans over, reads the caption and says, “Oh. You like THAT guy? Bleh!”
At that point it was too late. The vampire was out of the bag. I blushed and mounted a passionate yet futile defense of Rob’s magnificence. The odds should have been in my favor since both these people were women and 90% of Earth’s females are hot with RobFever. But they both look at me in quiet amusement as if I had just sprouted a tail. They proceed to lecture me in a condescending tone about who really is hot in their opinion, such as Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. Outnumbered, I sighed in momentary defeat and silently vowed to eat lunch in my car from now on.
Fast forward to today. I leave the office for a while to take a deposit to the bank and return to find a strategically-placed sticky note on my computer screen:
Oh crap...those are fightin' words, for sure. BUT...they will continue to ridicule you if you push it. Being a "Twitard" has the HUGE disadvantage of there being so many ways to make fun of us. SO, my advice to you is to let it go and laugh it off. They will never understand.....
ReplyDeleteOMG, how cruel. But wait a minute, let's back up. I didn't know you had a blog, or I would've come here sooner.
ReplyDeleteOk, now we can talk about the incident at work. Now that you cracked the dam, fighting the Twi-haters is futile. Your best weapon of choice is the Precious himself. I suggest you plaster your entire cubicle, or office, with Rob and twilight related crap. Eventually, they will just forget about it and leave you alone, and you will come out as a total winner, because not only will you be a proud member of Twitardia, but you will have worn them all out - cause trust me, I'm pretty sure our obsession will outlast their attempts to tell you he's not cute. And, as an added bonus, I'm sure a co-worker or two will be converted too. Just take a look at the way Jacksonitis is spreading across the blogosphere.
@ Mrs. P - You're probably right. But it's so tempting to put tacks on her chair, lock her in the storage closet or slash her tires!
ReplyDelete@ Jelena - I just barely started my blog, it's no big deal really. But I have been inspired by you gals, and Twilight in general, so I've decided to dip my toes into the writing pool. I can't wallpaper my office in RPattz since it's kind of part office, part front desk. I doubt our corporate decorator would let me get away with it. BUT, I can sneak in little bits of Rob yummies here and there...that's a good idea.
Holy monkey! That is mean. Not Cute???? Did they have their eyes open when they wrote that? I'll send little Edward up there to show them a thing or two.
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! That is wrong!
ReplyDeleteWell office mgr...I'd find out who did that and withhold office supplies!
Shoot I'd withhold office supplies from the whole darn place until whoever did it admitted it!
@TongueTwied - That's a good idea. :-) Actually, I have found out who it was. It didn't take too much detective work. Now I can focus my revenge on one person...
ReplyDeleteDo you handle office birthdays? Cuz I would do up a Twilight themed birthday party for that person.
ReplyDeleteyou get to keep the goods, lol, so you win