Nostroma's Post; YOUR ROAD KILL - IT WAS ONLY A MAN

Do you remember your friend? Your own road kill must only stay in the rear view mirror for a while, but we remember him. We remember the crooked smile now become sardonic. We remember the quiet laughter and dry sense of humor now gone.

And we remember all those punishable things that happened. You accepted ordinary compliments - surely he must be reprimanded for that. You went to lunch with him - for that, he at least should get a letter in the file. You accepted and appreciated email messages - that should get him suspended. But it gets worse - you accepted an occasional flower - he should be terminated. But worst of all, you appreciated the creative delivery. For that, he should have been tortured, and he just should be very thankful that you didn't like him any better than you did. If you had liked him any more, he would have deserved execution. God, how should he be punished because you liked the things he brought the kids from the trade shows?

He was one of the best things socially that ever happened to this office.

But you want him out, and why should you care about what anybody else thinks? After all, he's only a human being, and that's of no importance.

Rosenbob understood it all very well in the August, 2004 blog post.