The Art of Tongue Fooey

 One day while walking "the beat" as a stress consultant at a large US Postal Processing & Distribution Plant, I came across a handful of folks on break at their workstation. In particular, this guy and gal seemed to be playfully and seductively bantering. However, the playful give and take suddenly escalated in testiness and tone, if not, testosterone. The guy said something the woman found real crude and she reflexively mouthed an expletive while throwing him the proverbial finger. Now the chorus piped up: "Be careful, this is the company shrink." And then our male antagonist, challenged me to take sides by provocatively asking, "So what do you think about what she just did?' It took a couple of seconds to regain perspective. "What do I think?," I calmly replied. "I just think she thinks you're #1 ... and kept on walking, with group laughter in the background. The moral: sometimes everybody wins when no one is on top!

Just remember... Practice Safe Stress!