Collusion: definition (dictionary.com): Collusion: secret agreement, esp. for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy, a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement.
Collusion: Definition (ChristineKane.com): Collusion happens any time you’re with someone and you talk badly about somebody else who isn’t there.
Christine describes it as “living in distraction,” this gossiping. So I will admit it, in my path to enlightenment I have realized, I am a colluder. You know I work in a cubicle, and gossip, or collusion, in the cubicle world seems to be worse than anywhere else I have worked. Flagging construction (worst job ever, by the way, any job where you only get to pee once per day is really not for me): no one around to collude with and we always got in trouble for wearing down the batteries on the radios if we talked too much; restaurant: too busy to go the bathroom, let alone talk; UPS: well, what can I say, we were stuck in hot package cars buried under boxes most of the time, also couldn’t pee there either (not in the package cars, don’t be gross) when you had to handle 6 packages every 10 seconds, and I know it’s a tangent but now I am seeing a theme as to why I have quit some jobs in my life. Anyway, the cubicle world just seems to be this breeding ground for the gossip and negative energy, and it’s weak I know, but I am very affected by other people’s energy, and other people’s perceptions of this world. So, realizing this, I have made new resolve to stop getting involved, stop colluding, and to be careful who I share personal stuff with, since I generally get such negative feedback from some people that I walk away feeling worse. And here’s the thing, how much energy am I giving to this crap that doesn’t even matter? Do I care that a certain coworker comes in 3 minutes late every day and never seems to get in trouble, and everyone is mad about it? Or that my mom thinks my uncle is a jerk and doesn’t talk to him because of something that happened 40 years ago (seriously)? Not really, but I am just too nice. I want people to be able to complain to me. But then, they unload and feel better, and I feel, well, burdened with their stuff. So I am staying away from the schlep rocky people, who wowsy, wowsy-woo-woo their way through each day. I have created a list of things to say to get out of the conversations that aren’t really serving my purpose of positive energy and no collusion, which is just wasted energy. We’ll see if I can keep it up, but I already feel better:
I’m not ready for feedback on that yet. ☺ I’m not ready to discuss it. ☺ It’s a slippery slope my friend. ☺ I have a 9:00 call/meeting/appointment. ☺ I swallowed my gum. ☺ Excuse me. ☺ I have to go to the bathroom. ☺ My food is getting cold. ☺ The coffee is hot. ☺ Well, when we run the zoo things will be different. ☺ I’m out of the loop. ☺ It’s off my radar. ☺ I’ve got a report shipping. ☺ I’m not giving my energy to that right now. ☺ It’s a crazy world. ☺ I can’t get involved. ☺I’m too busy. ☺ No time for chit chat. ☺ I have to think about it. ☺ I am trying to operate on a different level. ☺ It’s a crazy world. ☺ Keep on truckin’. ☺ We’re too enlightened to care right? ☺ Do you know in some countries they have no running water? Wouldn’t that be a bummer?☺ That’s too bad. ☺ I don’t know much about it. ☺ Complaint free world! ☺ I could tell you but I’d have to kill you. ☺ I’m not a liberty to say. ☺ No comment. ☺ That’s on a need to know basis. ☺ This sounds like an A B conversation so I’m gonna C my way out of it. ☺ Did you hear there is a huge meteor headed towards earth? ☺ I am ignoring all negative energy right now. ☺I’m not in that place right now. ☺ I am only inviting positive energy to my chi today. ☺ The old me would discuss that, but the new me can’t. ☺ Coffee time! ☺ It no longer matters to me. ☺ This conversation is bad for my health. ☺ Life is complicated, huh? ☺ I am making some changes in my life and you’re one of them. ☺ My priorities have changed. ☺ This conversation jacks up my blood pressure. ☺ My give-a-damn is busted. ☺ I am protecting that information. ☺ I don’t know anything about it. ☺We don’t worry about stuff like that. ☺ I am trying to operate on a higher level. ☺ We do the best we can. ☺I don’t like to talk about people in the 3rd person. ☺ I have no new information. ☺ It’s not my tribe of people. ☺ I’ve always liked and respected insert name of person being talked about. ☺ There are 2 sides to every pancake. ☺ Do you believe in UFOs? ☺
And if you haven’t heard from me in a while, you might be this change I am making in my life. Okay, I’m just kidding, it’s not you, it’s me. Don’t worry.
