Lunch Guest

Sometimes on this blog I take some time out to ponder other things that religion and the mysteries of human behavior because humans never seem to amaze and intrigue me. Well today is one of those days I tackle the realm of human behavior or in this case; misbehavior. So I'm sitting at my desk and look up to see a former (and very fired) coworker saunter down into my area, bid me a big hello and plunked down right by his old desk in his old seat. I said the cordial hello and how are you (since he is also a long standing friend of mine). I asked what brought him by and then asked him if the boss (the one that fired him) saw him and warned that if he did well - you do the math. He didn't seem to care one way or another, opening up his lunch he commenced to have a jolly old lunch time, filling me in on his new job training which happened to be across the street. Why he would come back to the scene of what I would consider an unpleasant place is beyond me! Why the way he sat there all comfey, you woulda thought he was still employed and on his lunch break. Well no sooner said, the boss comes down and is; to say the least - shocked outta his mind, he; not wanting to cause a stir was diplomatic and said a complementary hi, to which the ex-employee was more that comfortable returning, laughing, and proceeding to guzzle his drink and put away his large sandwich in his ample body. It was a strange and uncomfortable feeling, I was taken aback that he was so bold and didn't quite know what to tell an individual at that point. And why should I even have to. Why would you want to come back to an office, a desk, a position that you were cut off from, fired, let go? What good does it do, why use this former office as your rest stop on your way to or from any event in your life. What is the connection. But the intern summed it up well, maybe he never got over it, maybe he is still angry and still wants to get under the boss' skin, somehow coming back into work is NOT the right approach. I tell ya people never seem to amaze me with their lack of tack and class, it was crazy and disrespectful at best, to come visit is one thing but to come and have a meal at your old empty desk is yet another wacky occurrence in the annals of strange human behavior.
So here are the basic lessons after being fired from any job:
1. Never return (well for that last paycheck if you must)
2. Don't attend office functions that you clearly know the persons who fired you will be there
3. Don't whatever you do just don't show up, go to your old work space and eat a large sandwich!!!!