Cough City

You know you're annoying your co-workers with your coughing when one of them calls you "Hacky McCoughenstein."

And also, when your boss repeatedly shouts out of his office, "Stop coughing."

And a conversation:
Co-worker: Carli, are you okay?
Me: Yeah. But you always ask that. What if I wasn't okay. What would you be able to do about it?
Co-worker: I guess it's just me being nice.
Boss: Yeah, next time just tell her to shut the Hell up.

And later, when I told him I'd go to a media event at a bar (He called me on the "You're trying to get out more" thing), he said:
"I hear they have Robitussin on tap."

But, really, all joking aside, I cough a lot and it's really annoying to other people, and also to me because I have these coughing fits where I think my head is going to explode. I should really quit smoking, which is going to be a problem, since I never really started.

And they didn't have Robitussin on tap, which is fine because I HATE Robitussin. But they didn't have hard cider either, which led to this conversation.

Boss: They don't have hard cider.
Me: Ask them if they have any other malternatives.
Boss: I'm not saying that word.
Me: Fine. I'll have a white wine.

Then we met this guy named Daryl, and he seemed pretty cool.
And the free appetizers sucked.