[…stunned stare…] If your clients “offer you an ear and a shoulder” and you respond first by ignoring them and then by snapping at them, then I suggest that you might consider looking elsewhere for the root of your office’s problems.
Chill out, Lib. He’s kidding with you.
The shitty things we do for money, eh GaWd?
Chill out Lib. It was indeed a joke, which would be indicated by the 
Indeed, Lord Ashtar! And that’s not a joke. 
Sam
It’s obvious that while you do remain at this job, you have to find some way to quiet yourself on the inside. Can you find some way not to rent them so much space in your head? What do you do to relax when you get home? Do you ever meditate? Do you have time to yourself?
Headphones? Blinders?
Want to move to Des Moines?