A letter

Dear Pestering Person or Persons,

Only a small request. I do like you, but when I get to work, I want to hang up my coat, check my email, wrap my fingers around a cup of coffee and do it all without a gazillion questions coming at me. To give a genial hi-howareyou is one thing, but please don't pry out the personal details of my previous evening first thing in the morning.

I'm not grumpy about getting out of bed so early. In fact, I've always been a morning person. I just need some space to get adjusted to our working world before you engage me in an exhaustive dialogue about the status of my existence. Please. Just thirty minutes.

Respectfully Yours,

A.