One of the things that kept me from quitting for the last little while is that two of my closest co-workers also smoke. One is my boss, and it is and always has been a solid means for bonding and exchanging information between the two of us. The other is my best office friend, a fellow 20-something who goes back and forth between casual smoking and not, and works on the other side of our office, so taking a break is the only time I see her.
Part of why I was able to tackle quitting at this specific moment is that I knew my young work buddy was going to be out of the office for two days for a conference, and I could avoid the temptation of taking a break with her. She returned this afternoon. I didn't mention it initially, and there was no temptation, but eventually when my eyes tired of staring at data for almost 7 hours I had to leave my office. I strolled down to chat to keep my mind off the urge to bolt for the elevators. And I broke the news.
Her response was "is that why you're ravaging that gum?" followed by "wow, I did not see that coming."
I think I'll hear that a lot over the next little while.
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That sounds just like an episode of Friends! The one where Rachel had to pretend to smoke for her co-workers.
ReplyDeleteGreat episode. Now we can replace it with "The one where Rachel ravages the gum to avoid becoming the person to smokes with her co-workers." I feel the cape in the profile pic is increasingly appropriate.
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