Gotta take the good with the not-so-good, I s'pose...

Can I ever get this thing right?

My lateral move was successful in the sense that I'm at last finding a little pleasure in what I need to do to pay my bills. The subject matter's pretty neat, my boss is cool, the people I deal with outside my office itself are super professional and, so far, virtually pain-free to deal with.

The not-so-good news is... some of my co-workers. They're alright, I guess, but two of them have this nasty bickering-in-'fun' habit that just keeps bringing back memories from highschool. Separate from each other, they're ok to deal with (at least one of them is), but when they're together, they really start grating on my nerves. It is like they ARE in freaking highschool! The teasing, the picking on others (not only on me, if that's what you're wondering) without reason, the neverending yakking... So much for professionalism and maturity. I've opted for ignoring them -- it works most of the times, but since their 'playful' exchanges are not exclusive to me, and we work in an 'open space' concept, well, I'm doomed to hearing their inane chattering until they thankfully get busy and stop.

It boggles my mind that people can bother to be this way. It boggled my mind in highschool, but I understood it was a maturity thing and that they'd eventually grow up. Obviously, I was mistaken. Some people never grow up. We're supposed to be PROFESSIONALS and these people are still stuck in locker-room 'humour'!

How incredibly frustrating.

If only I could have my old co-workers in THIS office!!!

*sigh*