Short Timer's Syndrome

On Friday, both Fidget and Sparky were suffering from Short Timer's Syndrome, but for different reasons. Fidget, because he was Maui-bound. Sparky, because he's leaving us for other pastures. Here's what short timers' syndrome looked like:

We, Madd Dogg, Fidget, and Sparky, were on our way to lunch. Fidget and Madd Dogg were already in the elevator, and in comes Sparky like a freakin' pinball, wacking into Fidget. In response, Fidget grabs Sparky's merrily striped scarf and attempts to choke him. Madd Dogg points and laughs, and makes sure they both know that she is taking notes for the blog.

Does this deter them? Only for an hour and two, because Madd Dogg was sitting at her desk when in runs Sparky. He hides behind Madd Dogg's door and tells her to pretend like he's not there. Oh no, not Madd Dogg. Instead, she shouts to whomever he's hiding from that Sparky is hiding behind her door. Sparky explains that he's hiding because he licked his finger and smudged Fidget's glasses, because Fidget stiff armed him "for no reason."

A few minutes later, Madd Dogg actually needs Sparky for a valid reason, and goes into his office. His chair is empty, but she notices that it's spinning around and around. She inquires of his office mate if he's seen Sparky, and his office mate can't look Madd Dogg in the eye and he looks like he's swallowed a small rodent. Madd Dogg tells him that it's an emergency (it wasn't, but she was trying to smoke Sparky out), and next thing she knows Sparky has popped up from underneath his desk. He explains that he's hiding from Fidget because he's afraid of retaliation for the eyeglass smudge.

She lures Sparky out of his office and as the two walk into another office, Madd Dogg spies Fidget sneaking up behind Sparky. "Whack" is the next thing she hears, and Sparky hunched over is the next thing she sees. Fidget has snapped a rubber band at Sparky, and beaned him right in the back. Sweet.

So on the way home, we discuss the sequence of events that day. They wanted to make sure that Madd Dogg, as official reporter, got the order right: Sparky pinballing into Fidget, Fidget choking Sparky, Fidget stiff arming Sparky, Sparky eyeglass smudging Fidget, and Fidget rubber banding Sparky. It's amazing anyone made it through the day without serious injuries.

Fidget, enjoy Maui. Sparky, enjoy your new job but come back soon.

photo by DonnaGrayson