Stupid People that need to go: "Debbie Downer"
By Africanlegend.
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| "J.K.Rowling totally based a character in her books on me." |
The boss has organized some mandatory 'employee appreciation' day. It involves a highly contrived casual trip and a group of tense employees trying to get along with one another. This year it is an outdoor picnic. It is a sunny, warm day and the leaves are rustling in the breeze and dancing on the grass to the music of nature. The boss finally got smart and provided wine and snacks, so before long it appears as if, for the first time, everyone is actually getting along. The atmosphere is positive and even FML chick appears to be having a good time. Suddenly monstrous,angry clouds of negativity develop in the distance and begin to devour the joy in the atmosphere. Debbie from the finance department is mingling and traversing the crowd depressing everyone by adding 3 parts negativity, 2 parts bitterness and 8 parts spite into every conversation. You can literally see her claim the joyful souls as she walks by like a grim reaper, leaving an aftermath of melancholy figures. Finally she arrives and joins your conversation.
Debbie D: Hey guys what's up? Whatcha folks talking about?
A.L: Hey, Debbie we were just talking about how nice of a day it is actually.
Debbie D: Yeah I know, its a pity this weather won't last long. I mean this is Boston. In three weeks we'll all be miserable, it will be cold and we'll be freezing our asses off walking to work and you know how bad public transport is in winter. Wow I can feel the cold already...brrrr....hahaha.
Jennifer: Well, yeah.... At least we are getting this one day to relax, drink some wine, chat, you know.....
Debbie D: Ya right, who are you kidding? Half the people here don't even like each other. Like Jess thinks all those people like hearing about her boyfriend all day but nobody cares. And Julie doesn't know that we all call her "F my life chick" behind her back.
(Debbie walks on after successfully depressing everyone to continue her reign of terror)
Why this person needs to go
We understand you are frustrated, depressed and perhaps angry at life itself and we earnestly hope that you can resolve that as soon as possible. But PLEASE do not force us to share your miserable perspective on life. Misery is not a personality trait or a style and it's definitely not attractive, so instead of looking for every potential problem in a situation, try to enjoy the good things in life. By spreading misery you are A) Depressing everyone and B) Actively making sure you stay miserable. A good positive perspective on life goes a long way, if you can't do that, then stay home and wallow in your misery alone. Either way, stop depressing everyone else around you.
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