I just encountered a co-worker at the water cooler (yes, literally) as a nearby TV spewed yet another story about yet another laid-off worker struggling to make ends meet without a paycheck.
My co-worker, as relentlessly cheerful a person as you’ll ever want to meet, muttered to me: “I’m so tired of hearing the negative stuff; I’m just so tired.”
There wasn’t a whiff of callousness in what she said or how she said it; just a palpable weariness.
