Dear:

[Ghoulish Delight]

Dear Grumpy Coworker,

I suppose I understand that being your age, still working a pretty grunt job, AND the company is going through some pretty signifcant (and often stupid) restructuring gives you some good reason to be grumpy. So I will forgive you your daily grumbling, head shaking, and portents of doom. I will even forgive your buck-shot strategy of grousing about every single thing management proposes, causing valid complaints from the rational among us to get lost in the noise.

But damnit, would it kill you to just say, "Thank you," or "You too," when someone says, "Have a good weekend"? Are you really that joyless that the only response to the prospect of an enjoyable 2 days without work is, "Pfft, yeah right."? I mean, holy sh!t.

Signed,
Not yet broken spirit.