Woeful tale of Chicken Little
It scampers around the office, carrying the air of importance, when its just the smell of her cage.
(Maybe she just laid another egg). Collective group I work with has noticed she makes several distinct sounds duing a meeting. I decided to make better use of my meeting time and count these sounds coming from Chicken Little.
Granted these are not contributory remarks, only noises to remind us she is here. Noises are described as follows:
1. Oooh: denoting interest of sorts. Averages 5-10 times during hour long meeting.
2 Oh, wow: this indicates her high impression level. It is often uttered in response to such statements of: "we are going to blacktop the parking lot" or someones mentions their vacation plans.
3. Mhhmm: This is her attempt to understand the conversation going on. It has been followed up with "well, I am still new here" (its been over a year now, the comment is past its lifespan). Even if she doesn't not understand the conversation, this noise is made to indicate her level of comprehension.
4. The Horsey Laugh: this is my favorite, maybe since it occurs with great frequency. The best way to describe this is when you try to laugh, by exhaling, instead you are inhaling. Her horsey laugh is used to participate when she perceives there is something funny being said or other people are laughing.
There are occasional noises like "Yuck" or "Uh, yayah" that serve to amuse us, but are not made on a consistent basis.
I kept looking at the chicken, thinking there might be a string hanging out and I could pull it to make it talk again, but then I should count my blessings when there is silence. Silence is platinum.
It could always be worse, she could have a twin working here.