Friday, August 18, 2006

Words of Wisdom

I live in a cube farm. Sorry, I work in a cube farm. There are about 13 of us in this room and the walls are chin high - when you're sitting down. Needless to say there is almost zero privacy. But that's not what this post about. Every now and then my boss likes to come out and stand by my cube (the podium) at the front of the room and share his gems of wisdom. I'll give him his props - he's not a dumb guy and he knows how to politic. In the past he's said things like, "If you want to know the health of a company, follow the money," "It's all about perceptions," and "With change comes opportunity." In today's spiel he encouraged us young'uns to write down our past experiences because as we get older we'll remember less and less of them.

That made me start thinking a bit about the things I did in my youth. I'm talking about 20 years ago. That's a looong time ago. The one thing that stuck in my mind were the times that my cousin and I would go bike riding around the neighborhood. Well, we didn't just go around the neighborhood but that's not important right now. My cousin S is three months older than me so we were very close. Her younger brother, on the other hand, is a couple of years younger than us. That, coupled with the fact that he is a boy, did not make fun times for him back then. The times that he was around S and I would try to get out of the house without him knowing - but he always heard and would come running after us. We would then jump on our bikes and take off. He would scramble for his and then he was on our tails. We always got away. The fun for us was in the running. The chasing was not fun for him however. We either didn't realize or didn't care or a bit of both. A few years ago he let me know how much it bothered him the way we treated him back then. I apologized from my heart. I really was (and still am) sorry.

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Lol, funny story! When we were kids we used to do terrible things to the younger ones at times. I guess we didn't know better at the time. All a part of growing up I guess.

SP said...

I think you had it right when you said you LIVE in a cube farm! LOL! I do miss the boss's words of wisdom, from time to time...

That's how all kids are, so don't feel bad.

princessdominique said...

I think you were just exerting your independence. Younger sibs always want to tag along.

Shawn said...

oh you brought back memories talking about trying to ditch your younger cousin. I can't recall if I ever ditched one of my cousins but I remember having to make the mad dash to get rid of a few friends' siblings when necessary. THAT was fun.

The Gig said...

I am glad that you were able to apologize to him. I remember when I was young, which was even longerrrrrrrrrrr ago, I was the person who was always picked last for the baseball teams and when I was up to bat, I always heard from my brother/cousins, etc. "easy out!" And I didn't let them down. When I was dating my ex-husband, we would go bowling, and of course, I was always lagging so far behind in scores, that the others forgot I was playing and this was quite disapointing to me. This kind of stuff can follow you in life. Now I find other things to do with my time and I enjoy it.

chele said...

You never think that something seemingly so innocent would affect someone into adulthood.