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Maintaining a healthy level of insanity at work
> > HOW TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY IN THE WORKPLACE
> >
> > 1. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice.
> >
> > 2. Find out where your boss shops and buy exactly the same outfits.
> > Wear them one day after your boss does. This is especially effective
> > if your boss is of a different gender than you.
> >
> > 3. Make up nicknames for all your coworkers and refer to them only by
> > these names. "That's a good point, Sparky." "Looks your over budget
> > again, Hot Rod."
> >
> > 4. Send e-mail to the rest of the company telling them exactly what
> > you're doing. For example: "If anyone needs me I'll be in the
> > bathroom."
> >
> > 5. Hi-Lite your shoes. Tell people you haven't lost them as much
> > since you did this.
> >
> > 6. While sitting at your desk, soak your fingers in Palmolive liquid.
> > Call everyone Madge.
> >
> > 7. Hand mosquito netting around your cubicle. When you emerge to get
> > coffee, slap yourself randomly the whole time.
> >
> > 8. Put a chair facing a printer. Sit there all day and tell people
> > you're waiting for your document.
> >
> > 9. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask him or her if they
> > want fries with that.
> >
> > 10. Send e-mail back and forth to yourself in an intellectual debate.
> > Forward the mail to a coworker and ask her to settle the disagreement.
> >
> > 11. Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized
> > chair dancing.
> >
> > 12. Walk around all day muttering "The horror, the horror"
> >
> > 13. Put your trash can on your desk. Label it "IN"
> >
> > 14. Feign a profound fear of paper.
> >
> > 15. Whenever a coworker refers to you by name, act very suspicious and
> > uneasy, and say "How do you know my name?"
> >
> > 16. Secretly put decaf in the regular coffee pot for 3 weeks, then
> > switch to espresso.