Tomorrow is the start of the stressful Monday. My scheduled topic today is about Monday and why it is called Manic Monday. However, I am still gathering some opinions and real experiences at Noise so I will change the topic, yet still I want to make a topic about our office. I decided to talk about my office mate.

I am not lucky to have co-workers who will able to surpass my standards. I have standards that I told myself to be the basis why I will stay in company for longer than a year.

Back to the past, I applied to companies before but I do not stay for a month long. The reason are the attitudes of people I was with. Most of them treated me like I am dumb. Of course I am dumb, I am just a new employee. They laugh at me when I don't understand what they are saying. They look more of a fool for treating me that way. They are smiling in front of me, but grinning at my back. I became a topic in the office for being a slow learner. I am not that "slow learner" it is just when I am sharing an opinion, they quickly block me. They are not welcoming. I hate to stay in that kind of environment so I get out while it is early.

The rest is history to these kind individuals as I am with people that I never thought I will meet and be sharing my day, every day.

Yes, we all look healthy but the people you are seeing now are the stress people that are willing to be challenge everyday just to prove their compassion for their clients and employer.

I cannot name them all. I think their smiling faces is enough for now. They are the people I am with in less than 4 years now. I do not regret every single day. They are welcoming!

On my first day on that company, I didn't feel like I don't want to come back in the next day. I don't have any negativity. My job is not easy, I made lots of mistakes, I was reprimanded but my manager skip the mistakes. She just let it pass with a little advise. My office seatmate, despite her busy schedule, always have the time when I have questions. It is normal for me to ask questions. I feel entitled because I am a newbie. I was guided. And that guidance made me learn the job the way it should be learn.

My goal is to be part of the solution. My co-workers are willing to help me and stand by me. I learned a lot and I even added some new learnings and strategy.

They are the people I laugh with. All of them have sense of humor. Having a sense of humor is required for a certain toxic environment. When I am joking, they are my great audience. They accept my flaws and weakness, even my sensitivity and mood. They comfort me when I am stress and they stress me more so that I will run after them with a ballpen on my hand, ready to stab them.

On this picture, it's Friday and payday. It's time to eat fatty foods to add to the population of fats inside our body. This is the time we able to talk about other things and even about office stuffs. It is the time to laugh and get irritated. That is the time to breathe from all the heavy duty stresses we meet everyday. All of us jive. We have this deeper connection that even without talking, we understand one is going through.

They are the reason I can't be absent in a day. I know the volume of work loads everyone have and if I will be gone for a day, I am making their life miserable, sarcastically said. Partially it is real, everyone has every task that they need to survive. I am just adding a burden if I will be on leave.

I am not earning more on my 8 to 5 job. My salary is not possible for a saving. I can resign if I want but it is hard to leave the people that became your second family. It is not everyday you meet people that accept you for who you are. If you found a relationship like this, you take care of it. You let it grow. I believe we are making a legacy. A legacy of friendship that people could pick something and be past to generation to generation.

I may not lucky with the compensation but I appreciate the friendship I found.

Have a great weekdays. I am looking forward for the long weekend we have next week. Long weekend means more rest and more articles to share.

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