Maintaining
Workplace Insanity
Page yourself over the intercom (Don't disguise your voice)
Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits
Always wear them one day after your boss does
Make up nicknames for co-workers; refer to them only by these names:
"That's a good point, Sparky" or "No I'm sorry, Cherry"
Send e-mail to the rest of the company telling them what you're doing:
For example: "If anyone needs me, I'll be in the bathroom"
"Hi-lite" your shoes
Tell people that you haven't lost your shoes since you did this
While sitting at your desk,
soak your fingers in Palmolive liquid
Put up mosquito netting around your cubicle
Have a portable CD player with steel drum recordings
Put a chair facing a printer
Sit there for hours & tell people you're waiting for your document
Arrive at a meeting late, say you didn't have time to eat;
During the meeting, eat five entire raw potatoes.
Insist that your e-mail address be:
zena_goddess_of_fire or zeus_god_most_powerful @companyname.com
Every time someone asks you to do something,
ask them if they want fries with that
Get into an e-mail debate with yourself over a company policy
Forward the mail to a co-worker & ask him/her to settle the disagreement
Encourage your colleagues to relax with you --
suggest synchronized chair dancing
Put your garbage can on your desk --
Label it IN
Determine how many cups of coffee is too many
Thru trial and error
Develop an unnatural fear of staplers --
Demand they all be chained to the desks
Decorate with pictures of Cindy Brady and Danny Partridge --
Insist that they are your children
Wear a mask and snorkel
If you have a fish tank, see how many you can catch
Send e-mail messages saying free food in the lunchroom,
when people complain there was none, say "Oh you've gotta be faster"
Put decaef in the coffeemaker for three weeks --
After everyone is over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso
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