Menopausal?

And so, Baby and I reluctantly attended the retreat-cum-workshop for the staff and members. Surprisingly, it was not as boring as we thought it would be. I learnt about the scientific analysis of my personality (again!) and team dynamics (again!).

Luckily, the participants today were a jovial lot. Man, it made the facilitator earn easy money. Heard he pocketed $3000 for the 3- hour course. It was supposed to be 5 hours but was cut short due to their procrastination and an incident which I am about to narrate.

Towards the end of the workshop, when groups were animatedly discussing ways to attract new members, a member reached, very apologetic for being late. Shortly, she received a call that announced the arrival of our VIP, and she made to welcome him when another member said, "No no, the chairperson should go."

The chairman went, leaving the first member behind, unhappy and mumbling, "It's not that I want to go."

Unprovoked (I think), the latter raised her voice, "What did I say? What did I say? I didn't do anything wrong!" The other replied with the exact same words, in the exact same tone.

Suddenly, in the middle of the shouting match, one of them threw the paper she was holding in her hand onto the floor and started screaming, with screams that pierced through the chalet walls. Then the other dropping to her knees on the kitchen floor, screamed even louder and pounded her chest in fury.

The rest of us dropped our jaws in amazement. What the f*** just happened?? Even eye-witnesses could not identify the reason that sparked off the weird quarrel. What was there to be so angry (crazy) about?? Poor Baby was stunned to tears.

One thing was evident: the whole organisation was greatly divided. Everyone took sides even though they had no idea what was going on.

It took the VIP to settle the non-dispute. Strangely, the two women were joking and sharing mahjong money 3 hours lately. Weird - middle aged women and their menopause.