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 there. Wednesday AM: Oh, [...]
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 [...]
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!”
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 [...]
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 a hurry up and wait day. [...]
