the world is run by "d" students.

I've amended my long-standing theory that the world is squished firmly in the sweaty palms of "C" students - that's just being too generous. Nope, after somewhere in the vicinity of seven separate jobs I've come to terms with the fact that those back-row, sleeping-thru-class, cheated-off-of-my-history-test, never-learned-to-write-legibly, always-asked-"will-this-be-on-the-test" kids are like sleeper agents in the offices next to us.

What they lack in brainpower they make up for in honest-to-goodness brown-nosing. What they lack in autonomy they make up for by legalistically adhering to (and, more irritatingly, ENFORCING) any single rule in sight. Oy, the policy-mongers. They lack any initiative of their own, but take solace in the feeling of superiority they get from citing a rule.

"No, you can't borrow ahead on your vacation, the employee manual says so."

"No, you can't comp time off, we don't have a comp policy."

"Noooooo, I won't put these homemade brownies out in the kitchen because it's too early for anyone to eat chocolate."

I kid not. Someone actually baked the brownies, brought them into the office, and kept them stashed under her desk until the stroke of noon, at which point the foil came off of the avocado green baking dish and the brownies showed up in the kitchen. And you know what - after all of that wait, they were "healthy" brownies made with no REAL brownie ingredients. Gluten-free this and carob-powdered that...and she made us WAIT???

They feel empowered by policing the workplace; I guess if they don't have power on their own, they can ride policy coattails into glory...??? Arg. Forget thinking for yourself, forget taking the workload bull by the horns (ok, fine, even I dodge the workload bull...), make your mark by...uh...boldly (blindly!) following in the shadow of the rule-makers! Can't go wrong by being the finger-pointer.

And while you're at it, reheat last night's broccoli in the microwave, because it makes the office SMELL. SO. GOOD.