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Chad and I have worked at the University together since nearly day one.  He started 7 days after me.  We are good friends and we’ve always stuck by each other at work.  We both have the same sense of humor.  And he has a girlfriend and I’m married and our relationship has been purely one of thriving and surviving in the workplace together.  I know he always has my back and I always have his.  We stick up for each other when normal office politics come up.  He never goes behind my back with information I vent to him about and I love him to death in a non-romantic way.  Rick abhors Chad and often raises an eyebrow because I share Chad’s funnies with him.  But today Chad, who is normally the jokester got all serious with me via our IM system.  This nearly made me cry because we banter and we joke, but this time he was for real and it truly mattered to me.  I don’t do what I do at work because of any reasons other than I truly have work ethic and do what I know I should do because it matters to me.  But this was…it was just nice. And the timing was perfect….

Chad  [12:34 PM]:

you are so valuable to the university

Kristy  [12:34 PM]:

I am?

Kristy  [12:34 PM]:

NOT

Chad  [12:34 PM]:

yep

Chad  [12:34 PM]:

you should be making more $$ than you are yo

Kristy  [12:34 PM]:

shut it ok

Chad  [12:34 PM]:

I am serious

Kristy  [12:34 PM]:

yah sure you are

Chad  [12:34 PM]:

I am

Chad  [12:35 PM]:

this is my praise minute so enjoy it

Chad  [12:35 PM]:

either you are valuable or KK was just so bad at her job it makes you look like Michael Jordan in the cube yo

Kristy  [12:37 PM]:

lol

Kristy  [12:37 PM]:

the latter

Kristy  [12:37 PM]:

you are too funny

Chad  [12:37 PM]:

no on a serious tip yo

Chad  [12:37 PM]:

its a shame they don’t pay you more. You do a lot more work, better work, than most employees that work here.

Chad  [12:38 PM]:

I know I bust your man balls but I felt today I should give you some honest praise

Kristy  [12:38 PM]:

Thank you Chad

Chad  [12:40 PM]:

no problem