MindlessChatter

Many people work in lovely little boxes decorated with mounds of paper, scattered pens and the odd picture to reminding them of things that are waiting for them out side of the little prison; staring at LCD screens (or an old flickering CRT) while their faces are softly lit by the incandescent glow of agitated liquid crystals. I am one of these office drones and I am here to usher a warning to all those that share my 8X8 life. Don’t sing out loud. Sounds simple right? Well, it’s not and I will tell you why. It may be difficult to understand my warning if you have never worked in an office where the majority of the employees are sorted into neat little cubes but bear with me for a bit and I will try and enlighten you, not that you will gain anything from it. Most of the work done in these 8X8 padded boxes is mind numbing and repetitive and if you are as lucky as I am, the office will be on a raised floor (the type with the removable carpet squares to run wires underneath) re...

Currently I work in a building that holds more employees than cubicles, which leads to the fun prospect of cube sharing. Unless you have an office or have been here since the beginning of time (which many apparently have), you will be forced to share an 8X8 cube with someone else. If you are lucky this person will at least be easy to deal with or constantly in meetings away from their desk. What you don't want is a funny good looking person because you will either be laughing all the time neglecting the work that you should be doing or constantly trying to get a glimpse of their naughty bits. Unfortunately for me, my cube mate is none of these. Now, let me preface all this by saying that see if a very nice girl and means well but….I can’t bloody stand her. Not only does she look like Skelator, (I shouldn’t be able to trace every detail skull from 20 feet away) but she often sounds like a skeksis when engrossed at the computer. Now I know that I talk to myself when I am focu...

One of the first rules of a ninja is to attack silently in the dark. Ninjas are also known for their bravery, this is supposed to include those times when a beanbag is rocketed at your beanbag...

You can't post a link up called Smart People Forums.. and expect me to ignore it. I am supposed to be putting together some quarterly reports and preparing for a meeting and but nooooo; I am reading about the proper use (or proposed use) of overmorrow (it is a real word regardless of what the MS Word spell checker says and I'ma going to use it) and single words expressing “X Times” (once, twice, thrice, quice??, frice?, mice?, dice?, tice?, elevice?) and I have only viewed one thread. This report is due by the end of the day and I can’t stay la….ooooo….a thread on misheard phrases from childhood….just a peek at the first post… ~Bibliotender