Man, I remember seeing that whole Amir Garrett thing blow up. Can’t quite place if I saw it live on TV or just caught the highlights buzzing around online later. Either way, watching him charge the dugout… wild stuff.
It got me thinking, but probably not about baseball, funny enough. Seeing that big mess, all the shouting and shoving, it actually kicked up some dust from way back. Reminded me of this situation I had at an old workplace. Totally different world, you know, spreadsheets instead of fastballs, but the feeling? Kinda similar in a weird way.
That Time at the Office
Okay, so picture this: we had this project, right? Nothing major, just a regular assignment. But there was this one guy on the team. Nice enough usually, but he got this idea in his head about how things had to be done. His way or the highway.
I tried talking to him. Went over, sat down, said, “Hey, look, maybe we can try this other approach? Might be quicker.” Simple stuff. But he just wasn’t having it. Shut me down flat.
So, I went and did a bit of the work my way, just to show how it could function. Figured I’d present the results, make my case logically. Well, that didn’t go over well.
- He found out.
- Came stomping over to my desk.
- Started raising his voice, saying I was undermining him.
It wasn’t like fists were flying, obviously. We’re talking about fluorescent lights and office chairs here. But the vibe? It got heated. People started looking. Our manager had to step in. We had this awkward meeting, the three of us, talking in circles. Nobody was really listening, just waiting for their turn to talk.
I remember just sitting there, thinking, “What are we even doing?” It felt so pointless. Like that baseball brawl – a lot of energy, a lot of anger, but was anything really getting solved? Probably not.
In the end, the manager basically just told us to figure it out. The project limped along. I mostly just kept my head down after that. Avoided the guy when I could. It just soured the whole place for me for a while.
So yeah, seeing Amir Garrett go charging like that… it just snapped me right back to that office standoff. Different setting, same useless, angry energy. Crazy what your brain connects, right?
