Christy’s been calling me with updates about my soon to be workspace.
Tuesday AM: OMG, you have a cube! You have a cube with your name on it! And a mailbox. And something is in the mailbox. I think I know what it is!
Tuesday PM: There is a monitor over [...]
Sep
6
2007
6
2007
Christy the Spy
Jul
6
2007
6
2007
Oops, threatened a coworker
My exuberant, 20-something coworker, T, got carried away today and started throwing things over the cubicle wall at idiot 20-something coworker who can’t stop talking about Chuck Norris.
I couldn’t take it anymore. Without thinking I said, “T, if he hits me in the head with something, I am gonna kick your ass.”
The whole room [...]
Jun
7
2007
7
2007
Ettiquette in the workplace
Even though I haven’t worked with men for two and a half years, or anyone really, and don’t have any Post books nearby to reference, I’m certain that coworkers are not to greet each other with, “Hey baby!”
May
31
2007
31
2007
Power, as illustrated by a stapler
The accounting department in which I work would like an electric stapler. Being an accounting department that has grown from a staff of one, to a staff of four, and has not yet transitioned to a paperless system, we use a lot of staples.
Yesterday, I hear the person who orders the supplies say very [...]
May
24
2007
24
2007
It’s like Friday, psyche
My office, always an interesting place, is operating like a Friday. People are relaxed, dressing at the lower limit of the dress code, and chatting up a storm. Disorganization reigns. I would like to be working on a project. But obviously, I’m not. I’ve not been assigned anything. It’s [...]
