coworkers...

Coworkers are a mess….

System down all morning and we are about to get a barrage of phone calls regarding the particular things we do.

Co-worker: well I am glad the system is coming back up; I'd rather have it working than not when I am answering the [stupid] phone calls.

Me: well yeah- that is helpful.

Co-worker: ...otherwise I would start having an existential crisis: why am I here? ...what am I doing with my life? …that sort of thing?

Me: you need help.

Co-worker:...am I making a difference? does my life have purpose...? 

Me: answer the phones.