[BamaFan121s]

I just need to vent...

I just sat through a 20 minute conversation about the joy of Puggles. (My coworker behind me has one.) For 20 minutes, I listened through her explanation to another co worker of how “this breed” would be perfect for her. Because they all look like cute puppies forever, and because you can get them any size you want…big or the “laptop” size. (Seriously!)
I bit my tongue, and finally just got up and walked off. On my way out, one of them asked “We’re talking about Puggles.” I simply told them that they didn’t want my opinion on the matter, and left it at that, hoping they would take the hint and drop it, or at the very least, not involve me in their conversation.
When I walked back from the break room, one of them asked, “What do you think about getting a Puggle?” I rolled my eyes, but they kept on. I finally just said, “Honestly, I would never support someone purposely breeding designer dogs, but that’s just me.” Then my coworker got a bit snippy and said, “Well you know, some people think it’s crazy for people to spend a lot of money on the kinds of dogs you have.” Now at this point, I’m getting really mad—because I have gone out of my way to NOT interject my opinions into their conversation, have walked off and told them very calmly that this was not a subject I took lightly, or that we would agree on, yet they kept on and kept on pushing me for comment and NOW get mad about it!?
In any event, I just kept my cool and said, “Oh I’m sure they do…I’m sure most people who don’t bother to look at the big picture would feel that way.” Finally, they let it drop and moved one, but geez…what a way to start out a morning!