Shirley Lou Mcdying

Shirley Lou McDying was obnoxious and loathsome.
Please let me add despicable, irritating and spiteful.
There was frankly nothing delightful. 

But we co-workers resisted using terms that sing.
because she was new, so we gave her a few thousand chances.
But she was a back-biting, evil, mean-spirited thing.

We discussed her evilness and her jealous strife, 
Until the boss made his little announcement
that Shirley Lou was going to become his wife.

It is weird how fast we tried desperately to 
find at least one thing likeable about Miss McDying.
An impossible task, but he had given us impossible
tasks before, so we kept trying.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021


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Date: 4/6/2021 12:17:00 PM
Surely you found s/t nice to say about Shirley. Amusing tale here. Human nature esposed in all of its insecurity. :) gw
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/6/2021 12:29:00 PM
Ummmmmm Not yet
Date: 4/5/2021 10:42:00 AM
LOL. I think I have known a few Shirley Lou McDyings in my lifetime. They can bring a lot of stress and unproductivity into the workplace. I suppose she makes the boss happy!
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L Milton Hankins
Date: 4/5/2021 7:20:00 PM
Yes, I think.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/5/2021 12:07:00 PM
They surely do! He will discover the Shirley the rest of us know, soon enough don't you think?
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