« Radio of the Sub-Genius? | Main | Funny Quote »
April 29, 2005
Friday 5: Wishing for Wally
This week's question comes from Laura:
Sharing an office with one or more people can be a bit of a strain sometimes. Humour me, name five annoying habits of co-workers you've had to put up with. Or are YOU the one who chews with his mouth open or types aloud?
Me? I'm blameless.
However, I have had to put up with some mild crap earlier in my career. (In truth, the best part of career advancement wasn't the money. It was the privacy.)
- Snooping on my computer.
- Not shutting up.
- Unleashing a silent-but-deadly fart and then leaving the room without warning me.
- Holding an impromptu meeting with someone who stopped by where there's a conference room right across the hall!
- Going on and on about how much money we could save on office supplies if we would just buy them from her Amway distributorship.
While writing this, I was struck by several fake answers that I just had to share:
- Storing gigabytes of pornography on my computer because his didn't have the space. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.
- Complaining endlessly that the office was too hot and ultimately stripping down to a wet cotton thong to stay cool. Oh, and being a 300-pound pasty white guy at the same time.
- All the candles and pentagrams around my desk to help "contain my negative energies".
- One sniffle, and it's thirty minutes of free medical advice on how accupuncture will cure my allergies.
- Being overly sensitive. Always with the "that's disgusting", the "I was drinking that", and the ever-present, "Dude -- you can't masturbate in here!"
Man... some people!
Meme by Dan at April 29, 2005 08:46 AM
Comments
5. Going on and on about how much money we could save on office supplies if we would just buy them from her Amway distributorship.
And still whining for awhile after a price comparison with 2 retail vendors demonstrated that the cheapest option overall wasn't Amway, right?
Posted by: Julia at April 29, 2005 04:15 PM