Work is odd. It seems like every time something negative happens, be it a piece of bad news from management, a slight from a co-worker or manager, or another bit of unexpected friction, it feels like nothing will ever be the same again. Everyone gets all dramatic. “What is this Bullshit?!!?!!?!” they say, furrowing their brows and looking down at the ground as if the answers might lie there. Passions flare. People threaten to quit. The event seems monumental.
     Something like this happened today. And I reacted in that exact way. But then, hot from disrespect, something occurred to me. None of this matters. None of it. Some crazy thing happens every couple of days. And it always seems huge. But when I think back upon those times, can't remember what they were about. I know I was pissed, have been angry, hundreds of times, but I can only remember why for about, like, five or ten of them.
     So I calmed down and got back to work.