Politicised work places...oh fuck off you self important cunt! So I figured I'd gotten away from office politics and all the stupidity that comes with it. Today I find out I'd been wrong! A business partner of moderate corporate standing in another service line of my large employer came to the coffee bar this morning. I'm juggling customers and a moody co-worker who is dragging stacks of chairs across the cafe floor to prove a point about how much of a hard task it is that she has to do...something I'd already said I'll take care of in "about 5 minutes..." and asks me to prepare a morning tea for some VIP guests at an unwarranted time+venue+number+value. I can't arrange such a thing as I don't have access to the required info so handball her to my boss, who is the person that handles this stuff. She snaps that it's me who will be organising it all and can't i make some random number of coffees? I play nice and reiterate that when the order comes through I am confident I can perform my duties, but that the order needs to come through the boss. She stresses they are VIPs...I remind her that all my customers receive the same high level of service whether they walk in from the streets or are the prime minister and she tells me these people deserve better, storms off muttering about how I'm no help and grumble grumble grumble...and then contacts my boss to complain about me not placing any value on these VIPs. He sees through it of course and it's all sweet, but fuck me I may as well have just been my usual cunt self about it all!!! Why bother being well mannered? I have never office particularly well and I don't understand how people do it daily.