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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.