Comments on: XOXO

By: peefer

peefer — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:50:21 +0000

Why do you think they can’t turn a profit?
It’s already been said, but I’ll say it again. That. Is. Classic.
Good thing for you you’re not a Bonobo chimp. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo#Social_behavior

By: teahouseblossom

teahouseblossom — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:15:18 +0000

Hey, I’m glad you did it.
Sometimes you just need to push your boundaries.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:08:09 +0000

Dear Jenny,
A hug is a hug is a hug is only a huge mistake if it gives said co-worker the idea that you are now her fixture for emotional support. In which case you will need to correct her by 1) seeming to be too busy for her depression (which involves making a lot of fake phone calls), 2) sending her the link to Dr. Phil’s Web site, or 3) pretending to be more depressed than her. She is turning to you because she perceives you as sympathetic and strong. You will need to convince her you are niether.
And now that I’ve spelled that out, which is only my advice for you scaled to your corporate setting, I feel like a cold-hearted and stingy bitch of a bee… I think I need a hug.
Love,
Vivian

By: Pants

Pants — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:00:25 +0000

I hope hugging the co-worker didn’t make her cry more.
And I don’t think you should go to the gym until they bring back the rotisserie chicken.

By: hooizz

hooizz — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:51:53 +0000

your last email response made milk come out of my nose.
yes, i still drink milk. ha!
cheers
hooizz

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:36:19 +0000

Just when I think I have all of you figured out, you throw me for another loop. Based on your collectively stern response to my desire to date a Centaur, I was fully prepared to be lambasted for my lack of compassion on the hugging front.
But here you all are, making me feel like I am perhaps not a heartless beast. So I’m not alone in feeling completely uncomfortable hugging someone at work?! I wish I had called you all last week… you know, before I executed the hug.

By: jill

jill — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:22:53 +0000

I’ve been incapacitatedly inebriated in the presence of people with whom I work/have worked. Hugging them still seems odd. It’s the flourescent light. Saps the humanity right out of you. You must be superhuman, Jenny. But then, we knew that already, didn’t we?

By: gillespie

gillespie — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:01:13 +0000

I am a natural hugger, but my only co-worker is my mother-in-law, and hugging her at work is wrong…just plain wrong.

By: sandra

sandra — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:03:00 +0000

I come from a family of non-huggers, but I’m reforming! I hug a certain set of friends and like to think I’m more affectionate than I was raised to be…but that said, I do have a friend who says — when we’re in a situation where hugging might normally happen — “we don’t hug”. And high-fives me.
That’s weird, isn’t it…

By: ms. sizzle

ms. sizzle — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:56:32 +0000

“you are dead to me.”
i love that! i need to use it more often.
i think i hug too much.