BLAH BLAH BLAH

So I was talking to some co-workers of mine today and we were chatting about how we all yell over our cubes to talk to the people on the other side, but often after talking you find out they aren't even sitting there. One on them said, "yeah the other day I was talking away, and you weren't even there. I was saying... BLAH BLAH BLAH..." at this point he is being rather loud and we realize the doors to the big conference room are open despite the fact that there is a meeting in there. sigh... it's so embarrassing when that happens. It isn't like we were talking about anything embarrassing itself, but you wonder what the visitors are thinking when they hear that going on.

The other big to do today was that they ran out of flu shots. Now they have a system set up that you are supposed to go at a time slot according to your last name, but if you can't make it to go at some other point. No need to sign up just bring your 10$. This system is so they aren't flooded by too many people at anyone time. Last year, they had 90 people show up. So, they ordered the same amount they did last year 105.
Well I went up early as I had some trades to get out during my time slot (last, always last). My supervisor handed his trades off to me and when up after i got back (late, as he had been too impatient to wait in the line when he went up during his time slot.) By then time he had gone up they had run out.
We called hr. Nope all out, nope not coming back, nope not reimbursing (by the way these are from Northwestern Hospital so it isn't like they themselves ran out). The building offers the same flu shot for 30$ and the Walgreen's across the street offers it for 24$. But the system that was set up as to not flood the nurse broke down and the message sent was that this is truly first come first serve, and even though we told you it would be there for everyone we only ordered 100 for a company that has 7 floors of workers. Also, we like to discriminate against people with last names s-z (as they ran out in the n-r slot). I don't know why this is bothering me... I jumped line so to speak and got mine. and even if i didn't i have the money to go and get mine from across the street.
Oh and lets not even discuss why the building is offering a flu shot for 30$ when there are advertisements right across the way for the 24$ one at Walgreen's. Is going across the street anytime any day more of an inconvenience than waiting in line on one morning only (first come first served)? Maybe I am the only one who would think about this like an economist and am reading into this too much.