I am Sarcasmo

[sawyl]

I suffer from a reflexive tendancy towards sarcasm and, unless I keep a close check on what I say, I tend to come out with a cutting remark despite not really meaning it. Consequently, I feel bad about a rather unfortunate lapse in politeness during one today's meetings:

Chair:	The next item is Python. [ Looking at me ] If you'd like to talk us through it...
Me:	Thanks. This basically involves running the regression suite... [ I then ramble on for a few minutes in the same vein ]
Chair:	Moving on to the next item...
Colleague:	[ distractedly ] That would be Python...
Me:	[ acidly ] Where have you been for the last five minutes?

Not, of course, that I meant it. I wasn't particularly bothered by the implication that my colleague hadn't been paying attention while I was speaking — hell, I hadn't been paying attention to what I was saying either! — but, presented with such a plum opportunity for a withering remark, I just couldn't resist.

Needless to say, I felt bad about the whole thing and apologised afterwards. But still.