Nefariousness

It has been an interesting weekend in the Winn residence. Jarom and Alixa went up to Boise for the Grandma Holderness birthday bash, leaving me with their apartment all to myself. I enjoyed my solitude. But first – surely you are wondering why I would use a word like nefarious for the title of this entry. Let me explain.

Jarom went in to work on Friday, and it started out like any other Friday. Some classes to record, DVD’s to make, equipment to move. During his down time, Jarom was playing around on the computer and found a blog that his coworker Meghan had written. Curious, he began to read the several entries that it contained. Pretty typical blog stuff, what was happening in her life, her thoughts on being recently engaged, blah, blah, blah. And then he stumbled upon an entry in which she was comparing the good and bad things in her life. At this point she mentions the great people she works with, counterbalanced by the nefarious co-worker with whom she currently shares the office. A quick look at the date and time reveal that the blog was written during the shift that Jarom shares with her. Taken aback, he posted a comment questioning what he had done that was so vile as to merit a word meaning extremely wicked or villainous (and thanks to Satan, usually reserved for snakes like me). No one else seemed to know anything about it, and since Meghan does not work on Friday, the situation would have to wait until Monday before an assuredly awkward situation could take place.

Jarom and Alixa took off for Boise as soon as his shift at work was over. Upon their arrival, Jarom was telling the story of his interesting day to his family and opened up Meghan’s blog so that the others could read the entry first hand. Unfortunately, during the 6 hour journey Meghan discovered that Jarom had found the blog, and in a spastic overreaction made the blog for invited readers only. He then sent a message to her facebook account, only to have her immediately block him there as well. He plans to talk to her about it, but is fearful that her immediate childish response will be to stop talking all together.

I will continue to update you on the outcomes of future encounters, but the main thought that I have been having involves people’s reactions to conflict. It amazes me how frightened most humans are when it comes to confrontation. I suppose that it is a byproduct of your cushy lifestyle. In my world, we are used to dealing with others, often in situations where one of the participants dies at the end. I guess that sort of struggling makes it a little bit easier to handle a little discomfort in interpersonal relations. Hopefully Meghan and Jarom will be able to resolve this little spat like adults and nobody will have to be killed.