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Oct 24, 2013 - 09:58 AM |
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Rubber Ducks |
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A few weeks ago, New Kid broke a rare streak of silence in our office by randomly blurting out, "I'm gonna buy everyone in the office a rubber duck!" Not in the mood for any of his stupid shit, I simply replied, "No, I don't want one." and left it at that. New Kid has made it very apparent that he believes spending money on us will make us his friends.
So, a couple weeks pass without mention of the rubber ducks. The other day, one of our other producers, Mindi, was in our office, working with New Kid on the logistics of a photoshoot. Once again, New Kid informs the room, "I'm gonna buy everyone in the office a rubber duck!"
Me: "I already said No. I don't want a rubber duck."
Mindi: "A... rubber duck? I'm confused, why would you buy everyone a rubber duck?"
New Kid: "I read that computer programmers keep these rubber ducks on their desks! And when they encounter a problem that they're having trouble with, they talk it out with the rubber duck until its fixed!"
Me: 
Mindi: "But... if you had to talk about this problem outloud, why not just talk to yourself about it?"
New Kid: "Talk to yourself? That'd make you look crazy!"
Me: 
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