Poppy by numbers

It doesn't take that much to make me happy, here are some of the things that will make a happy Poppy:

• a good book
• a comfy sofa
• a bag of prawn crackers
• a good DVD (current favourites - House, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, West Wing, Spooks)
• some fun people, each with a healthy dose of cynicism and wit

Things that make Poppy growl:

• the people I sit with at work.

It is not acceptable to be that fucking cheerful all the time. Everything is not 'luvly' (must be said with simpering Northern accent, dripping with saccharine). Sometimes when people don't detail every single evening/weekend/thought to their colleagues, it's actually because they prefer to keep things private.

And it is never OK to ask a colleague (who is not your friend just because they have to sit next to you 5 days a week) if they are pregnant if you haven't witnessed them drinking coffee for a couple of days. This is especially the case if you're going to pretend you're not actually asking if they're pregnant by claiming 'I had a dream that you were pregnant, so are you?' - transparent just isn't the word. And pathetic. Grow some fucking boundaries.