Musical Homocide?

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I think my co-workers are going to kill me.

I didn’t do anything really bad, mind you.

I didn’t take a long lunch or talk on the phone for too long. I didn’t push off a project that I didn’t want to do so they would be overloaded with work. It wasn’t anything like that at all.

It was much worse, apparently.

See, when I come in to work, I hook up my iPod to my cheap $10 speakers and plug it into the wall. Then I select a playlist and let it go for the day. Usually my music selection is office-friendly. In fact, it’s usually always office-friendly. I’m not one to play “gangsta” rap or slash metal or anything along those lines. I’m a pretty mellow guy when it comes to my musical tastes. Jazz, light rock, pop, 70’s, 80’s… you get the idea.

Today, however, I think I crossed a line.

“Is that on repeat?” my co-worker who sits closest to me asked me with a sly grin.

“What, the music?” I responded, playing dumb.

“Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about,” she said. “Is that the only song you have today?”

“It’s not the ONLY song that’s played,” I retorted. “There have been others.”

“Yeah, but it’s been the same artist the whole time hasn’t it?

“Yes, it’s The Carpenters. Why?”

“I’m just asking,” she stated.

I started laughing.

“I was wondering when you’d ask me about it, actually,” I said.

The song being played was “Top of the World.” Just one of literally hundreds of Carpenters songs on my iPod that had been playing random from about 10:00 in the morning to about 3:00 in the afternoon.

Now c’mon, that isn’t so bad, is it?

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0 thoughts on “Musical Homocide?”

  1. Non-stop Carpenters from 10am to 3pm?

    Yeah. That's bad. I mean, I don't hate the Carpenters, but, like, mix them in with other old 70's tunes or something for variety. :)

  2. Non-stop Carpenters from 10am to 3pm?

    Yeah. That’s bad. I mean, I don’t hate the Carpenters, but, like, mix them in with other old 70′s tunes or something for variety. :)

  3. After five hours of nothing but the Carpenters, I'd have to kill you too.
    And all the while I would be singing SING…SING A SONG, and thinking of the muppets singing along.

  4. After five hours of nothing but the Carpenters, I’d have to kill you too.
    And all the while I would be singing SING…SING A SONG, and thinking of the muppets singing along.

  9. 5 hours??

    I love The Carpenters, too, but anything over an hour, hour-and-a-half tops, and I'd slam my hand in a drawer until the music stopped.

  10. Of course, moments after writing that comment — which was meant to be funny — what comes on my iTunes playlist?

    Sing by The Carpenters.

  11. I once played CD 1 of the Sunset Boulevard musical for 6 months straight at work. You've got nothing on me! LOL

  12. 5 hours??

    I love The Carpenters, too, but anything over an hour, hour-and-a-half tops, and I’d slam my hand in a drawer until the music stopped.

  13. Of course, moments after writing that comment — which was meant to be funny — what comes on my iTunes playlist?

    Sing by The Carpenters.

  19. That's the best Carpenter song ever. It was my favorite for months as a kid. I couldn't get enough of it. And I believe there are far worse things you could have made you co-workers listen to.

  20. That’s the best Carpenter song ever. It was my favorite for months as a kid. I couldn’t get enough of it. And I believe there are far worse things you could have made you co-workers listen to.

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