Obnoxiously yours!!

We all know the meaning of Obnoxious. Don't we? Do you really like the word or people who are obnoxious? They aren't that pleasant to hang around with, are they? Okay, let me get to the point.

This breed exists every where. It may be just that I haven't noticed in the past years of my life or may be I am getting old to tolerate them any more. I have seen her at work many times. For some mysterious reason, I never liked her. Sometimes, we don't like some people for no reason. I never spoke to her nor had a fight with her, but I still never liked her. Strange!! Isn't it? Having said that, we happened to talk and then became, not friends but a bit more than acquaintances. 

After I started talking to her, I tried to analyse the reasons for my dislike. She was big and had a loud voice. Though I am small, I have a loud voice too. On hearing her accent at first, I thought she must be an ABCD (American Born Confused Desi). I think I didn't like her show-off. Show off of her boots, her low neck tops or for that matter anything that related to her. Her husband traveled and she portrayed as if she is the only single mom of the world. She would give free lectures on parenting or anything. Loudly. Once during lunch, talking about self confidence she says, You need to wear high heels, stand straight, wear low neck and show cleavage. Being the tallest person that I am, I never enjoy high heels nor low necks. Whatever!! We worked in the same building for more than an year. After a gap of few months, we met at a different client and she behaves as if she hasn't ever seen me in her life. For the heck of it, I didn't even bother talking to her.

I thought we meet such people rarely. But, no. I am wrong. They happen to be spread out quite a bit. Had been meeting them once in a while. Here and there, everywhere. I met one lady at another client place. There was a team lunch and most of us wanted to go. She would babble loudly, "Oh, I don't attend such lunches. Those hours are not billable for contractors". What are you trying to say, madam? She has to poke in every conversation that is related to work and give her two cents. She sneezes and the whole room has to say, Bless you. If we have a team meeting, she would cut the boss. If the boss is OOO, you don't have to worry. She can fill in all your gaps.

So, you see this breed is breeding more and more day by day. If you can't stand them anymore, the best medicine for them is ignorance.